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Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations
Refinement is a critical step in the determination of a model which explains the crystallographic observations and thus best accounts for the missing phase components. The scattering density is usually described in terms of atomic parameters; however, in macromolecular crystallography the resolution...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5947776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29533238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S205979831701350X |
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author | Cowtan, Kevin Agirre, Jon |
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description | Refinement is a critical step in the determination of a model which explains the crystallographic observations and thus best accounts for the missing phase components. The scattering density is usually described in terms of atomic parameters; however, in macromolecular crystallography the resolution of the data is generally insufficient to determine the values of these parameters for individual atoms. Stereochemical and geometric restraints are used to provide additional information, but produce interrelationships between parameters which slow convergence, resulting in longer refinement times. An alternative approach is proposed in which parameters are not attached to atoms, but to regions of the electron-density map. These parameters can move the density or change the local temperature factor to better explain the structure factors. Varying the size of the region which determines the parameters at a particular position in the map allows the method to be applied at different resolutions without the use of restraints. Potential applications include initial refinement of molecular-replacement models with domain motions, and potentially the use of electron density from other sources such as electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) as the refinement model. |
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spelling | pubmed-59477762018-05-15 Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations Cowtan, Kevin Agirre, Jon Acta Crystallogr D Struct Biol Research Papers Refinement is a critical step in the determination of a model which explains the crystallographic observations and thus best accounts for the missing phase components. The scattering density is usually described in terms of atomic parameters; however, in macromolecular crystallography the resolution of the data is generally insufficient to determine the values of these parameters for individual atoms. Stereochemical and geometric restraints are used to provide additional information, but produce interrelationships between parameters which slow convergence, resulting in longer refinement times. An alternative approach is proposed in which parameters are not attached to atoms, but to regions of the electron-density map. These parameters can move the density or change the local temperature factor to better explain the structure factors. Varying the size of the region which determines the parameters at a particular position in the map allows the method to be applied at different resolutions without the use of restraints. Potential applications include initial refinement of molecular-replacement models with domain motions, and potentially the use of electron density from other sources such as electron cryo-microscopy (cryo-EM) as the refinement model. International Union of Crystallography 2018-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5947776/ /pubmed/29533238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S205979831701350X Text en © Cowtan & Agirre 2018 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are cited.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/uk/ |
spellingShingle | Research Papers Cowtan, Kevin Agirre, Jon Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title | Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title_full | Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title_fullStr | Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title_full_unstemmed | Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title_short | Macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
title_sort | macromolecular refinement by model morphing using non-atomic parameterizations |
topic | Research Papers |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5947776/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29533238 http://dx.doi.org/10.1107/S205979831701350X |
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