Where Do 3D Protein Structure Data Come From?
- Accurate: 88% by
X-ray crystallography,
11% by
NMR, and 0.5% by electron microscopy*.
- Rough: Comparative modeling, but templates available for
only ~20% of domains.
- Ab initio theory does not predict tertiary structure
accurately enough for most purposes.
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by
Eric Martz, University of Massachusetts, October 2004.
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