NMA for proteins: http://www.bioinfo.no/tools/normalmodes



We are pleased to announce the release of a new version of our web server for normal analysis of proteins, WEBnm { *at * } , available at http://www.bioinfo.no/tools/normalmodes. Go and try it !
 
The server is meant to provide users with simple and automated computation and analysis of low-frequency normal modes for proteins. The computation performed through our server should help the user understand whether your protein of interest undergoes large amplitude movements, and thus decide if it is worthwile performing a complete study with more thorough analysis. Analysis tools provided here have been described and successfully applied /(Reuter et al., Biophys.J., 2003)/. Normal modes calculations are performed using the MMTK package /(K. Hinsen, J.Comput.Chem., 2000)/.
 Analysis tools available so far are:
 * deformation energies for low-frequency modes;
 
* calculation of normalized squared atomic displacements: results are provided either as raw data or as plots (PDF format);
 * vector field representation: PNG image files or VMD state files;
 
* animations of the vibrations associated with the low-frequency modes: animated gif or dcd trajectory files.
 
We welcome comments and suggestions, and will surely take them into account in future versions.
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 Nathalie Reuter
 Computational Biology Unit
 BCCS/Univ. of Bergen
 Thormohlensgt, 55
 N-5008 Bergen
 Phone: +47 55 58 40 40
 Fax: +47 55 58 42 95
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