HERA—A program to draw schematic diagrams of protein secondary structures

1990/01/01 by E. Gail Hutchinson, Janet M. Thornton · 1 citation
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · Materials Science · #Protein Structure and Dynamics #Enzyme Structure and Function #RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms

paper · doi:10.1002/prot.340080303

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Abstract

A program is described which generates hydrogen bonding diagrams of protein structures and optionally helical wheels and helical nets. The program can also beta-strands beta-strands and to automatically extract simple structural motifs such as hairpins or Greek keys. The program greatly reduces the effort required to produce these diagrams and offers considerable flexibility in the information which can be represented. The usefulness of the program is illustrated by several examples including comparing homologous families, correlating protein structure with attributes of individual residues, and extracting all examples of the psi-loop motif from the Brookhaven Data Bank.

Citations

• The protein data bank: A computer-based archival file for macromolecular structures
• Dictionary of protein secondary structure: Pattern recognition of hydrogen‐bonded and geometrical features
• The Anatomy and Taxonomy of Protein Structure

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