Re: calculate phi psi angles

Mike Marchywka <[email protected]> Mon, 5 May 2008 06:49:32 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.science.biology.informatics.devel
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> Guys does anyone know the algorithm with which I can calculate phi and psi
>> angles out of a pdb archive? Not necessarily a source code -although a p=
erl
>> source would pe appreciated- but the algorithm itself... plz help...

I'm still not sure what you are asking. There are only two issues AFAIK.
1) Definition. This is easy to find, even if the angle assigments are not u=
niform. =

Using the angles here,

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protein_structure

would probably work.

2) Calculation. The pdb files contain coordinates for each atom. It would s=
eem
the problem here is then trigonometry. Try a search on wikipedia for
terms like "dot product" as this should get you the relevant cosines.
Then, you just need an inverse cosine call. Of course, you may need to conv=
ert radians
and degrees too :)




> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 00:22:19 +0530
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> Subject: Re: [Biodevelopers] calculate phi psi angles
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> Did you tried PerlMol or bioruby ?
>
> On Wed, Apr 30, 2008 at 5:01 PM, JONATHAN BLACK =

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>>
>> Guys does anyone know the algorithm with which I can calculate phi and p=
si
>> angles out of a pdb archive? Not necessarily a source code -although a p=
erl
>> source would pe appreciated- but the algorithm itself... plz help...
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