Topology Independent Comparison of Biomolecular 3D Structures

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The example of database search is available at http://mspc.bii.a-star.edu.sg/minhn/DNA_protein.html

Proteins that are sequentially, and structurally similar

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1ang
# CA atoms of 7rsa
Match Size
#Identical Residues
84.55%
1.24
0.99
1.00
123
124
104
33

CLICK superposition of Human Angiogenin, 1ang (salmon) and RNAseA, 7rsa (green) with an SO of 84.55%, RMSD of 1.24Å, and fragment and topology scores of 0.99 and 1.00 respectively.



Proteins with multiple chains

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1ubp
# CA atoms of 1e9y
Match Size
#Identical Residues
99.49%
0.82
1.00
1.00
790
806
786
463

An alignment between 2 PDB files (1ubp chains A (red), B (yellow), and C (salmon); and 1e9y chains A (cyan) and B (forest green)) of proteins with multiple chains. Chains A and B of 1ubp superimpose onto chain A of 1e9y, and chain C of 1ubp superimpose onto chain B of 1e9y.

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Proteins that are structurally similar but topologically different

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1iwmA
# CA atoms of 1oxeA
Match Size
#Identical Residues
63.28%
2.27
0.62
0.57
177
226
112
9

CLICK superposition with different SCOP class of 1iwm:A (salmon & SCOP entry: b.125.1.2) and 1oxe:A (green & SCOP entry: d.22.1.1) with an SO of 63.28%, RMSD of 2.27Å, and fragment and topology scores of 0.62 and 0.57 respectively.

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Multi-domain proteins

The first alignment of 1aiv and 1ovt

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1aiv
# CA atoms of 1ovt
Match Size
#Identical Residues
60.12%
2.00
0.75
0.94
686
682
410
242


The second alignment of 1aiv and 1ovt

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1aiv
# CA atoms of 1ovt
Match Size
#Identical Residues
11.14%
1.52
0.91
1.00
686
682
76
105


The third alignment of 1aiv and 1ovt

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# CA atoms of 1aiv
# CA atoms of 1ovt
Match Size
#Identical Residues
6.74%
2.21
0.46
1.00
686
682
46
24

                    10        20        30        40             
1aiv  492A:SPPN-SR-LCQLCQGSGG-IPPEKCVASS-HEK-YF-GYTG-A-L-RC:530A 
1ovt  492A:SPPNSR-L-CQLCQGS-GGIPPEKCVA-SSHEKYF-G--Y-T-G-A-L:528A 

Individual domains in 1aiv (salmon) have a structural equivalence in 1ovt (green), but the relative orientations between these domains differ in the two structures.

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DNA double helical structures

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Structure Overlap
RMSD
Fragment Score
Topology Score
# C3' atoms of 1ysa
# C3' atoms of 2ayg
Match Size
#Identical Residues
75.00%
1.80
1.00
1.00
40
36
27
5

                    10                          10           
1ysa    7A:TGACTCATCCAGT-T:20A     21B:AA-ACTGGATGAGTCA:35B  
2ayg    1C:GCAACCGAATTCGGT:15C      5D:C-C-GAATTCGGTTGC:18D  

CLICK superposition with DNA double helical structures 1ysa (salmon) and 2ayg (green) using representative C3' atom with an SO of 75.00% and RMSD of 1.80Å.

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