Title
Alignment of flexible protein structures.
Abstract
We present two algorithms which align flexible protein structures. Both apply efficient structural pattern detection and graph theoretic techniques. The FlexProt algorithm simultaneously detects the hinge regions and aligns the rigid subparts of the molecules. It does it by efficiently detecting maximal congruent rigid fragments in both molecules and calculating their optimal arrangement which does not violate the protein sequence order. The FlexMol algorithm is sequence order independent, yet requires as input the hypothesized hinge positions. Due its sequence order independence it can also be applied to protein-protein interface matching and drug molecule alignment. It aligns the rigid parts of the molecule using the Geometric Hashing method and calculates optimal connectivity among these parts by graph-theoretic techniques. Both algorithms are highly efficient even compared with rigid structure alignment algorithms. Typical running times on a standard desktop PC (400 MHz) are about 7 seconds for FlexProt and about 1 minute for FlexMol.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2000
ISMB
flexible protein structures,protein structure
Field
DocType
Volume
Graph,Structural alignment,Protein sequencing,Computer science,Geometric hashing,Bioinformatics,Pattern detection,Hinge,Congruence (geometry),Protein structure
Conference
8
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1553-0833
1-57735-115-0
7
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.95
5
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Maxim Shatsky112713.11
Z Y Fligelman2293.56
Ruth Nussinov3845113.97
Haim J Wolfson41837495.25