title: RosettaDesign server for protein design.
abstract: The RosettaDesign server identifies low energy amino acid sequences for target protein structures (http://rosettadesign.med.unc.edu). The client provides the backbone coordinates of the target structure and specifies which residues to design. The server returns to the client the sequences, coordinates and energies of the designed proteins. The simulations are performed using the design module of the Rosetta program (RosettaDesign). RosettaDesign uses Monte Carlo optimization with simulated annealing to search for amino acids that pack well on the target structure and satisfy hydrogen bonding potential. RosettaDesign has been experimentally validated and has been used previously to stabilize naturally occurring proteins and design a novel protein structure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kuhlman
mesh_terms: D020407:Internet; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D011487:Protein Conformation; D015202:Protein Engineering / Q000379:methods*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface