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Integrating ab initio and template-based algorithms for protein-protein complex structure prediction.

ABSTRACT:

Motivation

Template-based and template-free methods have both been widely used in predicting the structures of protein-protein complexes. Template-based modeling is effective when a reliable template is available, while template-free methods are required for predicting the binding modes or interfaces that have not been previously observed. Our goal is to combine the two methods to improve computational protein-protein complex structure prediction.

Results

Here, we present a method to identify and combine high-confidence predictions of a template-based method (SPRING) with a template-free method (ZDOCK). Cross-validated using the protein-protein docking benchmark version 5.0, our method (ZING) achieved a success rate of 68.2%, outperforming SPRING and ZDOCK, with success rates of 52.1% and 35.9% respectively, when the top 10 predictions were considered per test case. In conclusion, a statistics-based method that evaluates and integrates predictions from template-based and template-free methods is more successful than either method independently.

Availability and implementation

ZING is available for download as a Github repository (https://github.com/weng-lab/ZING.git).

Supplementary information

Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

SUBMITTER: Vangaveti S

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7523679 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Integrating ab initio and template-based algorithms for protein-protein complex structure prediction.

Vangaveti Sweta S Vreven Thom T Zhang Yang Y Weng Zhiping Z

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) 20200201 3

<h4>Motivation</h4>Template-based and template-free methods have both been widely used in predicting the structures of protein-protein complexes. Template-based modeling is effective when a reliable template is available, while template-free methods are required for predicting the binding modes or interfaces that have not been previously observed. Our goal is to combine the two methods to improve computational protein-protein complex structure prediction.<h4>Results</h4>Here, we present a method ...[more]

PMID: 31393558

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Integrating ab initio and template-based algorithms for protein-protein complex structure prediction.

Motivation

Results

Availability and implementation

Supplementary information

Publications

Integrating ab initio and template-based algorithms for protein-protein complex structure prediction.

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