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Modelling prior distributions of atoms for macromolecular refinement and completion

P Roversi et al. Acta Crystallogr D Biol Crystallogr. 2000 Oct.

Abstract

Until modelling is complete, macromolecular structures are refined in the absence of a model for some of the atoms in the crystal. Techniques for defining positional probability distributions of atoms, and using them to model the missing part of a macromolecular crystal structure and the bulk solvent, are described. The starting information may consist of either a tentative structural model for the missing atoms or an electron-density map. During structure completion and refinement, the use of probability distributions enables the retention of low-resolution phase information while avoiding premature commitment to uncertain higher resolution features. Homographic exponential modelling is proposed as a flexible, compact and robust parametrization that proves to be superior to a traditional Fourier expansion in approximating a model protein envelope. The homographic exponential model also has potential applications to ab initio phasing of Fourier amplitudes associated with macromolecular envelopes.

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