StructureMan

StructureMan facilitates manipulation and electrostatic analysis of large biomolecular structures to investigate large-scale biomolecular interactions.


Key Features:

  • Structure manipulation: Performs comprehensive operations to manipulate and analyze large biomolecular structures.
  • Integration with electrostatic calculation programs: Integrates with DelPhi and DelPhiForce to perform electrostatic calculations and reveal detailed electrostatic features within large biological systems.
  • Applications in specific biological systems: Applied to study viral capsids and molecular motor-microtubule complexes to uncover binding mechanisms.
  • Versatility across large biological systems: Applicable to diverse large-scale biological systems that are challenging for conventional all-atom simulations.

Scientific Applications:

  • Large-scale interaction analysis: Provides an alternative approach to study biomolecular interactions in systems too large or complex for traditional all-atom models.
  • Viral capsid binding studies: Enables investigation of binding mechanisms in viral capsids through structural manipulation and electrostatic analysis.
  • Molecular motor-microtubule binding studies: Enables analysis of binding mechanisms in molecular motor-microtubule complexes using structure manipulation and DelPhi/DelPhiForce electrostatics.

Methodology:

Uses comprehensive structure-manipulation operations combined with electrostatic calculations from DelPhi and DelPhiForce.

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Details

Tool Type:
command-line tool, desktop application, library
Programming Languages:
Delphi
Added:
3/19/2021
Last Updated:
4/10/2021

Operations

Publications

Xian Y, Xie Y, Silva SM, Karki CB, Qiu W, Li L. StructureMan: A Structure Manipulation Tool to Study Large Scale Biomolecular Interactions. Frontiers in Molecular Biosciences. 2021;7. doi:10.3389/fmolb.2020.627087. PMID:33505991. PMCID:PMC7831659.

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