buildModel.pl

Usage

usage:   buildModel.pl [options] [fastaFile]
options:               [-models value]
                       [-maxloop value]
                       [-verbose]
                       [-nocenter]
                       [-stats file]
                       [-pdbdir name]

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Description

This script is used for template-based structure prediction. It takes an alignment file in FASTA file as input, finds the PDB template, builds a homology model and adds missing (loop) residues via Modeller.

A typical input file is expected to look as follows:

>TARGET 
RPRCFFDIAINNQPAGRVVFELFSDVCPKTCENFRCLCTGEKGTGKSTQKPLHYKSCLFHRVVKDFMVQGGDFSEGNGRGGESIYGGFFEDESFAVKHNAAFLLSMANRGKDTNGSQFFITTKPTPHLDGHHVVFGQVISGQEVVREIENQKTDAASKPFAEVRILSCGELIP   >1IHG_A ::4e-96::61::Chain A, Bovine Cyclophilin 40, Monoclinic Form
NPRVFFDVDIGGERVGRIVLELFADIVPKTAENFRALCTGEKGIGPTTGKPLHFKGCPFHRIIKKFMIQGGDFSNQNGTGGESIYGEKFEDENFHYKHDKEGLLSMANAGSNTNGSQFFITTVPTPHLDGKHVVFGQVIKGMGVAKILENVEVK-GEKPAKLCVIAECGEL..

Note the PDB code and chain ID in the third line. A properly formatted file can be generated with the psiblast.pl tool from PSI-Blast output.

Options

-help 

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