Abstract
Traditional methods for macromolecular refinement often have limited success at low resolution (3.0–3.5 Å or worse), producing models that score poorly on crystallographic and geometric validation criteria. To improve low-resolution refinement, knowledge from macromolecular chemistry and homology was used to add three new coordinate-restraint functions to the refinement program phenix.refine. Firstly, a `reference-model' method uses an identical or homologous higher resolution model to add restraints on torsion angles to the geometric target function. Secondly, automatic restraints for common secondary-structure elements in proteins and nucleic acids were implemented that can help to preserve the secondary-structure geometry, which is often distorted at low resolution. Lastly, we have implemented Ramachandran-based restraints on the backbone torsion angles. In this method, a φ,ψ term is added to the geometric target function to minimize a modified Ramachandran landscape that smoothly combines favorable peaks identified from nonredundant high-quality data with unfavorable peaks calculated using a clash-based pseudo-energy function. All three methods show improved MolProbity validation statistics, typically complemented by a lowered R free and a decreased gap between R work and R free.
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9
- Jeffrey J. Headd (first)
- Nathaniel Echols (additional)
- Pavel V. Afonine (additional)
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- Vincent B. Chen (additional)
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@article{Headd_2012, title={Use of knowledge-based restraints in phenix.refine to improve macromolecular refinement at low resolution}, volume={68}, ISSN={0907-4449}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/s0907444911047834}, DOI={10.1107/s0907444911047834}, number={4}, journal={Acta Crystallographica Section D Biological Crystallography}, publisher={International Union of Crystallography (IUCr)}, author={Headd, Jeffrey J. and Echols, Nathaniel and Afonine, Pavel V. and Grosse-Kunstleve, Ralf W. and Chen, Vincent B. and Moriarty, Nigel W. and Richardson, David C. and Richardson, Jane S. and Adams, Paul D.}, year={2012}, month=mar, pages={381–390} }