title: Performance of the Pro-sp3-TASSER server in CASP8.
abstract: The performance of the protein structure prediction server pro-sp3-TASSER in CASP8 is described. Compared to CASP7, the major improvement in prediction is in the quality of input models to TASSER. These improvements are due to the PRO-SP(3) threading method, the improved quality of contact predictions provided by TASSER_2.0, multiple short TASSER simulations for building the full-length model, and the accuracy of model selection using the TASSER-QA quality assessment method. Finally, we analyze the overall performance and highlight some successful predictions of the pro-sp3-TASSER server.
authors.affiliation: Center for Study of Systems Biology, School of Biology, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30318, USA.
authors.forename: Hongyi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhou
authors.forename: Shashi B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Pandit
authors.forename: Jeffrey
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Skolnick
mesh_terms: D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D011487:Protein Conformation; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D020539:Sequence Analysis, Protein / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins