lDDT: a local superposition-free score for comparing protein structures and models using distance difference tests

The assessment of protein structure prediction techniques requires objective criteria to measure the similarity between a computational model and the experimentally determined reference structure. Conventional similarity measures based on a global superposition of carbon α atoms are strongly influen...

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Veröffentlicht in:Bioinformatics 2013-11, Vol.29 (21), p.2722-2728
Hauptverfasser: Mariani, Valerio, Biasini, Marco, Barbato, Alessandro, Schwede, Torsten
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Zusammenfassung:The assessment of protein structure prediction techniques requires objective criteria to measure the similarity between a computational model and the experimentally determined reference structure. Conventional similarity measures based on a global superposition of carbon α atoms are strongly influenced by domain motions and do not assess the accuracy of local atomic details in the model. The Local Distance Difference Test (lDDT) is a superposition-free score that evaluates local distance differences of all atoms in a model, including validation of stereochemical plausibility. The reference can be a single structure, or an ensemble of equivalent structures. We demonstrate that lDDT is well suited to assess local model quality, even in the presence of domain movements, while maintaining good correlation with global measures. These properties make lDDT a robust tool for the automated assessment of structure prediction servers without manual intervention. Source code, binaries for Linux and MacOSX, and an interactive web server are available at http://swissmodel.expasy.org/lddt. torsten.schwede@unibas.ch. Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
ISSN:1367-4803
1367-4811
1460-2059
DOI:10.1093/bioinformatics/btt473