ProSA-web: interactive web service for the recognition of errors in three-dimensional structures of proteins
M Wiederstein, MJ Sippl - Nucleic acids research, 2007 - academic.oup.com
M Wiederstein, MJ Sippl
Nucleic acids research, 2007•academic.oup.comA major problem in structural biology is the recognition of errors in experimental and
theoretical models of protein structures. The ProSA program (Protein Structure Analysis) is
an established tool which has a large user base and is frequently employed in the
refinement and validation of experimental protein structures and in structure prediction and
modeling. The analysis of protein structures is generally a difficult and cumbersome
exercise. The new service presented here is a straightforward and easy to use extension of …
theoretical models of protein structures. The ProSA program (Protein Structure Analysis) is
an established tool which has a large user base and is frequently employed in the
refinement and validation of experimental protein structures and in structure prediction and
modeling. The analysis of protein structures is generally a difficult and cumbersome
exercise. The new service presented here is a straightforward and easy to use extension of …
Abstract
A major problem in structural biology is the recognition of errors in experimental and theoretical models of protein structures. The ProSA program (Protein Structure Analysis) is an established tool which has a large user base and is frequently employed in the refinement and validation of experimental protein structures and in structure prediction and modeling. The analysis of protein structures is generally a difficult and cumbersome exercise. The new service presented here is a straightforward and easy to use extension of the classic ProSA program which exploits the advantages of interactive web-based applications for the display of scores and energy plots that highlight potential problems spotted in protein structures. In particular, the quality scores of a protein are displayed in the context of all known protein structures and problematic parts of a structure are shown and highlighted in a 3D molecule viewer. The service specifically addresses the needs encountered in the validation of protein structures obtained from X-ray analysis, NMR spectroscopy and theoretical calculations. ProSA-web is accessible at https://prosa.services.came.sbg.ac.at
