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PSAP : protein structure analysis package
Author(s) -
Balamurugan B.,
Roshan M. N. A. Md.,
Shaahul Hameed B.,
Sumathi K.,
Senthilkumar R.,
Udayakumar A.,
Venkatesh Babu K. H.,
Kalaivani M.,
Sowmiya G.,
Sivasankari P.,
Saravanan S.,
Vasuki Ranjani C.,
Gopalakrishnan K.,
Selvakumar K. N.,
Jaikumar M.,
Brindha T.,
Michael Daliah,
Sekar K.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889807021875
Subject(s) - computer science , upload , protein data bank (rcsb pdb) , visualization , graphics , interface (matter) , molecular graphics , computational science , protein data bank , software , identification (biology) , code (set theory) , source code , computer graphics , computer graphics (images) , protein structure , data mining , programming language , operating system , chemistry , set (abstract data type) , biochemistry , botany , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method , biology , stereochemistry
A computing engine, the Protein Structure Analysis Package (PSAP), has been developed to calculate and display various hidden structural and functional features of three-dimensional protein structures. The proposed computing engine has several utilities to enable structural biologists to analyze threedimensional protein molecules and provides an easy-to-use Web interface to compute and visualize the necessary features dynamically on the client machine. Users need to provide the Protein Data Bank (PDB) identification code or upload three-dimensional atomic coordinates from the client machine. For visualization, the free molecular graphics programs RasMol and Jmol are deployed in the computing engine. Furthermore, the computing engine is interfaced with an up-to-date local copy of the PDB. The atomic coordinates are updated every week and hence users can access all the structures available in the PDB.