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superimposing molecules

M.D. Winn mdw at dlpx1.dl.ac.uk
Thu Jun 6 03:46:41 EST 1996


In article <6221171230051996.A58995.CERES.11A5F3111500*@MHS>, GKING at ARSERRC.GOV (Gregory King) writes:
|> Greetings,
|> 
|> I'm looking for software (or an explanation of an efficient algorithm) that
|> will superimpose molecule A onto molecule B with a combination of translations
|> and rotations, and using a minimal rms deviation as the convergence criterion.
|> There is a known one-to-one correspondence between the relevant atoms in both
|> molecules (I'll be comparing peptides, and using the backbone atoms as the
|> relevant ones).
|> 
|> Thanks in advance.
|> 
|> Greg King
|> gking at arserrc.gov
|> 

The program LSQKAB in the CCP4 package should be able to do what
you want.

Best wishes,

Martyn 

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