>>>>> GK == GKING at ARSERRC.GOV (Gregory King) wrote
>>>>> In bionet.molec-model
>>>>> On 30 May 1996 09:21:24 -0700
>>>>> Re superimposing molecules
GK> I'm looking for software (or an explanation of an efficient algorithm)
GK> that will superimpose molecule A onto molecule B with a combination of
GK> translations and rotations, and using a minimal rms deviation as the
GK> convergence criterion.
I don't know the details well, but the reference below is for the quaternion
method used by tinker (http://dasher.wustl.edu/tinker/). It's implemented
in quatfit.f therein.
S. J. Kearsley, "An Algorithm for the Simultaneous Superposition of a
Structural Series", Journal of Computational Chemistry, 11, 1187-1192 (1990)
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