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Publication Detail
SCT: a suite of programs for comparing atomistic models to small-angle
scattering data
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Publication Type:Journal article
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Publication Sub Type:Article
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Authors:Perkins SJ, Wright DW
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Journal:J Applied Crystallography
Abstract
Small-angle X-ray and neutron scattering techniques characterize proteins in
solution and complement high-resolution structural studies. They are of
particular utility when large proteins cannot be crystallized or when the
structure is altered by solution conditions. Atomistic models of the averaged
structure can be generated through constrained modelling, a technique in which
known domain or subunit structures are combined with linker models to
produce candidate global conformations. By randomizing the configuration
adopted by the different elements of the model, thousands of candidate
structures are produced. Next, theoretical scattering curves are generated for
each model for trial-and-error fits to the experimental data. From these, a small
family of best-fit models is identified. In order to facilitate both the computation
of theoretical scattering curves from atomistic models and their comparison with
experiment, the SCT suite of tools was developed. SCT also includes programs
that provide sequence-based estimates of protein volume (either incorporating
hydration or not) and add a hydration layer to models for X-ray scattering
modelling. The original SCT software, written in Fortran, resulted in the first
atomistic scattering structures to be deposited in the Protein Data Bank, and
77 structures for antibodies, complement proteins and anionic oligosaccharides
were determined between 1998 and 2014. For the first time, this software is
publicly available, alongside an easier-to-use reimplementation of the same
algorithms in Python. Both versions of SCT have been released as open-source
software under the Apache 2 license and are available for download from
https://github.com/dww100/sct.
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