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Web site for crystal structure prediction?

Francis Durst francis.durst at bota-ulp.u-strasbg.fr
Fri Nov 21 13:07:03 EST 1997


In article <3474A8BE.D7CF1052 at postbox.usyd.edu.au> Phil Robinson <phrobins at postbox.usyd.edu.au> writes:
>From: Phil Robinson <phrobins at postbox.usyd.edu.au>
>Subject: Web site for crystal structure prediction?
>Date: Fri, 21 Nov 1997 08:16:46 +1100

>I have heard there is a web site for submitting a protein sequence and
>having it modelled against the known crystal structure of a related
>protein.  The output is supposed to be a pdb file, which I can then view
>on my PC with Web Lab Viewer or other viewer.  Does anyone have an URL
>for such a modelling site?  I cannot find it.  I realiase there are
>major limitations on such predictions, but there are also some useful
>aspects.

>Thanks, Phil                                                    Sydney,
>Australia

Hi Phil,

Go to http://www.expasy.ch/swissmod/SWISS-MODEL.html

Your protein has to be pretty homologous to get something and of course it has 
the limitations of any homology model.

Francis



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Dr. Francis Durst CNRS / Universite Louis Pasteur
Dept Cell. Mol. Enzymology
Plant Mol. Biol. Inst.
F-67083 Strasbourg, France



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