DocumentCode
2487871
Title
Automatic identification of alpha-helices in X-ray diffraction patterns
Author
Mazzone, Annamaria ; Dibenedetto, Domenica ; Nico, Giovanni ; Cascarano, Gianluca ; Caliandro, Rocco
Author_Institution
Ist. di Cristallografia (IC), Consiglio Naz. delle Ric. (CNR), Bari, Italy
fYear
2011
fDate
30-31 May 2011
Firstpage
437
Lastpage
441
Abstract
A method is presented to determine the helix orientation starting from X ray diffraction data. Our method is based on the periodicity properties of alpha helix and on the analysis of the properties of the corresponding Patterson function, obtained directly from raw crystallographic intensities. Knowledge of helix orientation is a useful information within the structure solution process of proteins.
Keywords
X-ray crystallography; X-ray diffraction; biochemistry; macromolecules; molecular biophysics; proteins; Patterson function; X-ray crystallography; X-ray diffraction patterns; alpha-helices; automatic identification; biomolecules; helix orientation; periodicity properties; protein structure solution process; raw crystallographic intensities; Computational modeling; Crystallography; Diffraction; Proteins; Three dimensional displays; X-ray diffraction; Protein structure; X-ray crystallography; drug design;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Medical Measurements and Applications Proceedings (MeMeA), 2011 IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location
Bari
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-9336-4
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/MeMeA.2011.5966729
Filename
5966729
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