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Title: A new default restraint library for the protein backbone in Phenix: a conformation-dependent geometry goes mainstream

Journal Article · · Acta Crystallographica. Section D. Structural Biology
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  1. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Physical Biosciences
  2. Oregon State Univ., Corvallis, OR (United States). Dept. of Biochemistry and Biophysics
  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Physical Biosciences; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Bioengineering

Chemical restraints are a fundamental part of crystallographic protein structure refinement. In response to mounting evidence that conventional restraints have shortcomings, it has previously been documented that using backbone restraints that depend on the protein backbone conformation helps to address these shortcomings and improves the performance of refinements [Moriartyet al.(2014),FEBS J.281, 4061–4071]. It is important that these improvements be made available to all in the protein crystallography community. Toward this end, a change in the default geometry library used byPhenixis described here. Tests are presented showing that this change will not generate increased numbers of outliers during validation, or deposition in the Protein Data Bank, during the transition period in which some validation tools still use the conventional restraint libraries.

Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE; National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC02-05CH11231
OSTI ID:
1378757
Journal Information:
Acta Crystallographica. Section D. Structural Biology, Journal Name: Acta Crystallographica. Section D. Structural Biology Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 72; ISSN 2059-7983; ISSN ACSDAD
Publisher:
IUCrCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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