Bioinformatics Advance Access originally published online on March 29, 2008
Bioinformatics 2008 24(9):1206-1207; doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btn108
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Visualization of unfavorable interactions in protein folds
1Center of Applied Molecular Engineering, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, 5020 Salzburg, Austria and 2Institute of Physical and Theoretical Chemistry, Wroc
aw University of Technology, Wybrze
e Wyspia
skiego 27, 50-370 Wroc
aw, Poland
*To whom correspondence should be addressed.
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Summary: Three dimensional structures of proteins contain errors which often originate from limitations of the experimental techniques employed. Such errors frequently result in unfavorable atomic interactions. Here we present a new web service, called Interaction Viewer, for the visualization and correction of such errors. We show how the Interaction Viewer is used in combination with the NQ-Flipper service to spot strained asparagine and glutamine rotamers and we emphasize the convenience of this service in correcting such errors.
Availability: The web service is integrated with the NQ-Flipper service and accessible at http://flipper.services.came.sbg.ac.at
Contact: sippl{at}came.sbg.ac.at
Associate Editor: Anna Tramontano
Received on January 25, 2008; revised on March 10, 2008; accepted on March 23, 2008