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Objectively judging the quality of a protein structure from a Ramachandran plot

Author(s) -

Rob Hooft,

Chris Sander,

Gerrit Vriend

Publication year - 1997

Publication title -

bioinformatics

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.599

H-Index - 390

eISSN - 1367-4811

pISSN - 1367-4803

DOI - 10.1093/bioinformatics/13.4.425

Subject(s) - ramachandran plot , dihedral angle , plot (graphics) , torsion (gastropod) , computer science , biological system , protein structure , mathematics , chemistry , statistics , biology , zoology , biochemistry , hydrogen bond , organic chemistry , molecule

Statistical methods that compare observed and expected distributions of experimental observables provide powerful tools for the quality control of protein structures. The distribution of backbone dihedral angles ('Ramachandran plot') has often been used for such quality control, but without a firm statistical foundation.

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