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General discussions (Q&As) / global DNA curvature analysis
« on: May 14, 2017, 11:25:11 am »
Dear Dr. Lu,
I know you have answered many times in the topic of how to calculate global DNA curvature, as my background is largely biology with almost none computational background, I feel hard to understand when you explain it in a computational or mathematical way about this topic in the forum. I am asking simply that: Is it a way to input a protein/DNA complex structure coordinate (PDB) into w3DNA server or 3DNA program on user's computer and get a global DNA curvature (DNA bending) results, for example such as in protein/DNA complexes papers phrases like "The X-ray structure shows that the DNA is bent overall to 17 degree", I'd like to know how to get the overall bent number ( the "17 degree" in my example) from w3DNA or 3DNA program.
Thanks ahead!
I know you have answered many times in the topic of how to calculate global DNA curvature, as my background is largely biology with almost none computational background, I feel hard to understand when you explain it in a computational or mathematical way about this topic in the forum. I am asking simply that: Is it a way to input a protein/DNA complex structure coordinate (PDB) into w3DNA server or 3DNA program on user's computer and get a global DNA curvature (DNA bending) results, for example such as in protein/DNA complexes papers phrases like "The X-ray structure shows that the DNA is bent overall to 17 degree", I'd like to know how to get the overall bent number ( the "17 degree" in my example) from w3DNA or 3DNA program.
Thanks ahead!