PIC: Protein Interactions Calculator

Tina, KG and Bhadra, R and Srinivasan, N (2007) PIC: Protein Interactions Calculator. In: Nucleic Acids Research, 35 (5). pp. 473-476.

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Abstract

Interactions within a protein structure and interactions between proteins in an assembly are essential considerations in understanding molecular basis of stability and functions of proteins and their complexes. There are several weak and strong interactions that render stability to a protein structure or an assembly. Protein Interactions Calculator (PIC) is a server which, given the coordinate set of 3D structure of a protein or an assembly, computes various interactions such as disulphide bonds, interactions between hydrophobic residues, ionic interactions, hydrogen bonds, aromatic–aromatic interactions, aromatic–sulphur interactions and cation–π interactions within a protein or between proteins in a complex. Interactions are calculated on the basis of standard, published criteria. The identified interactions between residues can be visualized using a RasMol and Jmol interface. The advantage with PIC server is the easy availability of inter-residue interaction calculations in a single site. It also determines the accessible surface area and residue-depth, which is the distance of a residue from the surface of the protein. User can also recognize specific kind of interactions, such as apolar–apolar residue interactions or ionic interactions, that are formed between buried or exposed residues or near the surface or deep inside.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Nucleic Acids Research
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to Oxford University Press.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Molecular Biophysics Unit
Date Deposited:	19 Aug 2008
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 04:49
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/15627

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