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A modelling algorithm (PROGEN) for the generation of complete protein atomic coordinates from only the α-carbon coordinates is described. PROGEN utilizes an optimal geometry parameter (OGP) database for the positioning of atoms for each amino acid of the polypeptide model. The OGP database was established by examining the statistical correlations between 23 different intra-peptide and inter-peptide geometric parameters relative to the α-carbon distances for each amino acid in a library of 19 known proteins from the Brookhaven Protein Database (BPDB). The OGP files for specific amino acids and peptides were used to generate the atomic positions, with respect to α-carbons, for main-chain and side-chain atoms in the modelled structure. Refinement of the initial model was accomplished using energy minimization (EM) and molecular dynamics techniques. PROGEN was tested using 60 known proteins in the BPDB, representing a wide spectrum of primary and secondary structures. Comparison between PROGEN models and BPDB crystal reference structures gave r.m.s.d. values for peptide main-chain atoms between 0.29 and 0.76 Å, with a grand average of 0.53 Å for all 60 models. The r.m.s.d. for all non-hydrogen atoms ranged between 1.44 and 1.93 Å for the 60 polypeptide models. PROGEN was also able to make the correct assignment of cis- or trans-proline configurations in the protein structures examined. PROGEN offers a fully automatic building and refinement procedure and requires no special or specific structural considerations for the protein to be modelled.
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Mandal, C., Linthicum, D.S. PROGEN: An automated modelling algorithm for the generation of complete protein structures from the α-carbon atomic coordinates. J Computer-Aided Mol Des 7, 199–224 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00126445
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