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RNA structures (DSSR) / Re: Creation of customized structures using DSSR
« on: October 12, 2023, 08:50:01 am »
Thanks for your follow-up.
Among the 9 torsion angles, only the first 7 are independent. The last two, eta and theta, could in principle be deduced from (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta). I vaguely remember reading about software tools of building nucleic acid structures using backbone torsion angles, including only eta and theta. I just do not know how useable they are from a general user's perspective.
If you have info in modeling nucleic acids, please share them along this thread. I appreciate your kind words on DSSR.
Best regards,
Xiang-Jun
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By the 9 torsional angles, I meant the torsional and pseudotorsional angles - alpha, beta, gamma, delta, chi, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta - calculated by 3DNA's `analyze` program.
Among the 9 torsion angles, only the first 7 are independent. The last two, eta and theta, could in principle be deduced from (alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta). I vaguely remember reading about software tools of building nucleic acid structures using backbone torsion angles, including only eta and theta. I just do not know how useable they are from a general user's perspective.
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DSSR would indeed benefit from more modeling features! I'll be following the release notes to see if this particular modeling feature is ever introduced to DSSR.
If you have info in modeling nucleic acids, please share them along this thread. I appreciate your kind words on DSSR.
Best regards,
Xiang-Jun