title: PROTMAP2D: visualization, comparison and analysis of 2D maps of protein structure.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Protein structure comparison is a fundamental problem in structural biology and bioinformatics. Two-dimensional maps of distances between residues in the structure contain sufficient information to restore the 3D representation, while maps of contacts reveal characteristic patterns of interactions between secondary and super-secondary structures and are very attractive for visual analysis. The overlap of 2D maps of two structures can be easily calculated, providing a sensitive measure of protein structure similarity. PROTMAP2D is a software tool for calculation of contact and distance maps based on user-defined criteria, quantitative comparison of pairs or series of contact maps (e.g. alternative models of the same protein, model versus native structure, different trajectories from molecular dynamics simulations, etc.) and visualization of the results.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  PROTMAP2D for Windows / Linux / MacOSX is freely available for academic users from http://genesilico.pl/protmap2d.htm
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Bioinformatics and Protein Engineering, International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, Trojdena 4, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Michal J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Pietal
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tuszynska
authors.forename: Janusz M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Bujnicki
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001665:Binding Sites; D003196:Computer Graphics; D003198:Computer Simulation; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011485:Protein Binding; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins