Task 4: Homology based structure predictions

Task description

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Evaluation of the calculated models

Selection of the reference structures

We had the following choice of reference structures for PAH:

Entry	Method	Resolution (A)	Chain	Positions
1DMW	X-Ray	2.00	A	118-424
1J8T	X-Ray	1.70	A	103-427
1J8U	X-Ray	1.50	A	103-427
1KW0	X-Ray	2.50	A	103-427
1LRM	X-Ray	2.10	A	103-427
1MMK	X-Ray	2.00	A	103-427
1MMT	X-Ray	2.00	A	103-427
1PAH	X-Ray	2.00	A	117-424
1TDW	X-Ray	2.10	A	117-424
1TG2	X-Ray	2.20	A	117-424
2PAH	X-Ray	3.10	A/B	118-452
3PAH	X-Ray	2.00	A	117-424
4PAH	X-Ray	2.00	A	117-424
5PAH	X-Ray	2.10	A	117-424
6PAH	X-Ray	2.15	A	117-424

All these structures have in common that they did not solve the structure of the whole PAH protein. In addition, there is no complete true apo structure available either. All structures have at least a Fe2+ atom bound. So we defined these structures as our apo structure. Finally, we decided to select 1J8T (apo) and 1J8U (complexed). As mentioned before our apo structure has complexed Fe2+ and our complexed structure is complexed with Fe2+ and BH4 (5,6,7,8-TETRAHYDROBIOPTERIN). The reason for our decision was that both structures are solved from the same group which somehow guaranties a more consistent methodology as if we had selected structures from two different groups. Another reason is the resolution, both structures are the two with the best resolved resolution which is 1.5 Angstrom and 1.7 Angstrom for 1J8U and 1J8T respectively. Finally for more easy comparison, both structures include the same range of amino acids which is from 103 to 427.