Protein Structure Alignment

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Align protein structures via Cα superimposition.

AuthorMDhewei
Version1.0.0
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What problem does it solve?

Protein structure comparison often requires manual, time-consuming structural alignment to quantify similarity and identify divergent regions. This Skill automates alignment and analysis of two structures by Cα atom superimposition, producing RMSD metrics and visualizations.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Global and per-residue RMSD calculation after alignment.
  • Automated retrieval of structures from PDB, AlphaFold, or local files.
  • Interactive 3D viewer and publication-ready outputs for reports.
  • Use Cases: compare wild-type vs mutant structures; apo vs holo conformations; assess structural conservation across homologs.

Quick Start

Run the alignment on two PDB structures by providing their IDs through the CLI, e.g., python scripts/protein_structure_alignment.py --pdb1 1AKE --pdb2 4AKE --outdir results/.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

biopythonmatplotlibnumpypandasrequestspy3Dmol

Components

scripts

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Name: Protein Structure Alignment
Download link: https://github.com/MDhewei/bioinfor-claw/archive/main.zip#protein-structure-alignment

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