MODELLER
PROTEIN MODELLING BY SATISFACTION OF SPATIAL RESTRAINTS
MODELLER 11, October 1, 1994
Copyright(c) 1989-1994 Andrej Sali
All Rights Reserved
Written by Andrej Sali
Birkbeck College, University of London, London, UK
Imperial Cancer Research Fund, London, UK
Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Andrej Sali, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University, 12 Oxford St,
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA. Tel: (617) 495 1775. Fax: (617) 496 3204.
E-mail: sali at tammy.harvard.edu.
** DESCRIPTION:
MODELLER is most frequently used for homology or comparative modeling
of protein three-dimensional structure: the user provides an alignment
of a sequence to be modeled with known related structures and MODELLER
will automatically calculate a full-atom model. More generally, MODELLER
models protein 3D structure by satisfaction of spatial restraints
(A. Sali & T.L. Blundell. J.Mol.Biol. 234, 779-815, 1993). In principle,
the restraints can be derived from a number of different sources. These
include homologous structures (comparative modeling), NMR experiments
(NMR refinement), rules of secondary structure packing (combinatorial
modeling), cross-linking experiments, fluorescence spectroscopy, image
reconstruction in electron microscopy, site-directed mutagenesis,
intuition, residue-residue and atom-atom potentials of mean force, etc.
The output of MODELLER is a 3D structure of a protein that satisfies
these restraints as well as possible. The optimization is carried out
by the variable target function procedure employing methods of conjugate
gradients and molecular dynamics with simulated annealing. The program
includes a 100-page manual. MODELLER is written in Fortran and is meant
to run on a UNIX system.
** DISTRIBUTION:
MODELLER is available free of charge to non-profit institutions.
First, please use the anonymous ftp account on tammy.harvard.edu (IP
128.103.96.19) to copy the files from the pub/modeller directory to
your computer. Print and sign the license form (academic-license.ps)
and mail or fax it to Andrej Sali. You will then receive the
encryption key (MODELLER_KEY) with which you will be able to unpack
the encrypted distribution file (modeller11-exec.tar.Z.cr). See file
INSTALLATION for installation instructions.
MODELER is also available as part of QUANTA, a large program with many
other functionalities including interactive graphics, CHARMm, and
X-PLOR. If you are interested in this commercial version please contact
Ms. Jo Ellen Collins at Molecular Simulations Inc, 16 New England
Executive Park, Burlington, MA 01803-5297, tel: (617) 229 9800,
fax: (617) 229 9899, email: jcollins at msi.com.
** CONTENTS:
src\ sources or executables for MODELLER and associated
programs
modlib\ libraries and data files for the programs
scripts\ script files used to compile and use MODELLER
doc\ MODELLER documentation
Makefile Makefile for compiling/installing MODELLER modules;
used by the Install script
modeller11.README this file
INSTALLATION how to install MODELLER
Install compilation and installation script
tests\ tests and examples
