Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on April 4, 2006
Bioinformatics 2006 22(11):1397-1398; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btl128
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NQ-Flipper: validation and correction of asparagine/glutamine amide rotamers in protein crystal structures
Center of Applied Molecular Engineering, University of Salzburg Jakob Haringerstrasse 5, 5020 Salzburg, Austria
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Summary: The error rate of asparagine (Asn) and glutamine (Gln) amide rotamers in protein crystal structures is in the order of 20% and as a consequence the current Protein Database (PDB) contains approximately half a million incorrect Asn and Gln side-chain rotamers. Here we present NQ-Flipper, a web service based on knowledge-based potentials of mean force to automatically detect and correct erroneous rotamers. We achieve excellent agreement with expert curated data.
Availability: The program is accessible freely as a web service at http://flipper.services.came.sbg.ac.at
Contact: sippl{at}came.sbg.ac.at
Received on January 12, 2006; revised on March 6, 2006; accepted on March 30, 2006
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