title: PeptideBuilder: A simple Python library to generate model peptides.
abstract: We present a simple Python library to construct models of polypeptides from scratch. The intended use case is the generation of peptide models with pre-specified backbone angles. For example, using our library, one can generate a model of a set of amino acids in a specific conformation using just a few lines of python code. We do not provide any tools for energy minimization or rotamer packing, since powerful tools are available for these purposes. Instead, we provide a simple Python interface that enables one to add residues to a peptide chain in any desired conformation. Bond angles and bond lengths can be manipulated if so desired, and reasonable values are used by default.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago , Chicago, IL , USA.
authors.forename: Matthew Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Tien
authors.forename: Dariya K
authors.initials: DK
authors.lastname: Sydykova
authors.forename: Austin G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: Claus O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Wilke
keywords: Computational biology; Model peptides; Molecular modeling; Protein structure