Rafał Ślusarz, Adam K Sieradzan, Artur Giełdoń, Emilia A Lubecka, Magdalena J Ślusarz, Mateusz Leśniewski, Nguyen Truong Co, Adam Liwo, Cezary Czaplewski
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Abstract
The third version of the UNRES web server is described, in which the range of biological macromolecules treated and calculation types has been extended significantly. DNA and RNA molecules have been added to enable the user to run simulations of their folding/hybridization and dynamics. To increase the accuracy of the simulated proteins models, the restraints on secondary structure have been enhanced to include the probabilities of the coil, extended and helical state, which are taken from the PSIPRED or HHpred raw input and the restraints from multiple bioinformatics models have been added. The NMR-data-assisted functionality has been extended to include time-averaged restraints, this feature enabling the user to model multistate and intrinsically-disordered proteins and those with intrinsically-disordered regions. Finally, the prediction of the propensity of peptides to aggregation has been included to enable the user to predict peptide solubility and aggregation, including the character and the structures of the aggregates.
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Journal of Molecular Biology (JMB) provides high quality, comprehensive and broad coverage in all areas of molecular biology. The journal publishes original scientific research papers that provide mechanistic and functional insights and report a significant advance to the field. The journal encourages the submission of multidisciplinary studies that use complementary experimental and computational approaches to address challenging biological questions.
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