Putting AlphaFold models to work with phenix.process_predicted_model and ISOLDE

AlphaFold has recently become an important tool in providing models for experimental structure determination by X‐ray crystallography and cryo‐EM. Large parts of the predicted models typically approach the accuracy of experimentally determined structures, although there are frequently local errors a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Acta crystallographica. Section D, Biological crystallography. Biological crystallography., 2022-11, Vol.78 (11), p.1303-1314
Hauptverfasser: Oeffner, Robert D., Croll, Tristan I., Millán, Claudia, Poon, Billy K., Schlicksup, Christopher J., Read, Randy J., Terwilliger, Tom C.
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Zusammenfassung:AlphaFold has recently become an important tool in providing models for experimental structure determination by X‐ray crystallography and cryo‐EM. Large parts of the predicted models typically approach the accuracy of experimentally determined structures, although there are frequently local errors and errors in the relative orientations of domains. Importantly, residues in the model of a protein predicted by AlphaFold are tagged with a predicted local distance difference test score, informing users about which regions of the structure are predicted with less confidence. AlphaFold also produces a predicted aligned error matrix indicating its confidence in the relative positions of each pair of residues in the predicted model. The phenix.process_predicted_model tool downweights or removes low‐confidence residues and can break a model into confidently predicted domains in preparation for molecular replacement or cryo‐EM docking. These confidence metrics are further used in ISOLDE to weight torsion and atom–atom distance restraints, allowing the complete AlphaFold model to be interactively rearranged to match the docked fragments and reducing the need for the rebuilding of connecting regions. phenix.process_predicted_model and ISOLDE provide seamless integration of AlphaFold‐predicted models into protein structure‐solution workflows.
ISSN:2059-7983
0907-4449
2059-7983
1399-0047
DOI:10.1107/S2059798322010026