Visualization of the entire surface of a protein by cartographic projection
Department of Biomathematnes, Central lnstitute of Molecular Biology of the Academy of Sciences of the GDR Robert-Rössle-Str 10, 1115 Berhn-Buch, GDR
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A minicomputer based system for the determination and schematic representation of protein surfaces is described. The algorithms are based on the atomic coordinates of globular protein molecules of the Brookhaven Protein Data Bank. Using a cartographic projection a normalized graphic representation is obtained of the amino acid residues located on the surface of the considered protein. The programs are written in FORTRAN IV (surface determination) and BASIC (graphic representation).
Received on April 28, 1986; accepted on July 17, 1986