Team:Freiburg/Modelling

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The community-wide Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) ranked the I-Tasser as the best protein prediction method in the server section.  
The community-wide Critical Assessment of Structure Prediction (CASP) ranked the I-Tasser as the best protein prediction method in the server section.  
The method of the I-Tasser can be divided into 4 stages:
The method of the I-Tasser can be divided into 4 stages:
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Stage 1 is called threading. In this stage the sequence or parts of the sequence or motifs are compared with already known protein structures to identify evolutionary relatives and predict secondary structures. This gives a sequence profile and together with the query sequence it is threaded by LOMETS, a server combining seven threading programs which evaluate the sequence respectively the templates with an individual score. The top templates are selected for further consideration.  
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Stage 1 is called threading. In this stage the sequence or parts of the sequence or motifs are compared with already known protein structures to identify evolutionary relatives and predict secondary structures. This gives a sequence profile and together with the query sequence it is threaded by LOMETS, a server combining seven threading programs which evaluate the sequence respectively the templates with an individual score EDIT (?). The top templates are selected for further consideration.  
Stage 2 is responsible for structural assembly. The structure is modeled ab initio by aligning different templates from the threading. This is a very complex process and different programs are involved.
Stage 2 is responsible for structural assembly. The structure is modeled ab initio by aligning different templates from the threading. This is a very complex process and different programs are involved.
Stage 3 is a model selection of the achievements of stage 2 with a following refinement of the predicted models.  
Stage 3 is a model selection of the achievements of stage 2 with a following refinement of the predicted models.  
Stage 4 announces the function of the predicted molecule by its structural conformation comparing with already known proteins of PDB database.  
Stage 4 announces the function of the predicted molecule by its structural conformation comparing with already known proteins of PDB database.  
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The predicted models are all evaluated by the C-Score, which assesses the quality of the prediction. It has a value from -5 to 2; the more positive the C-Score the merrier and more plausible the predicted structure is.  
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The predicted models are all evaluated by the C-Score, which assesses the quality of the prediction. It has a value from -5 to 2; the more positive the C-Score the merrier EDIT and more plausible the predicted structure is.  
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