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Structural Biology Analysis

Protein, RNA and DNA structure prediction, docking, cryo-EM, crystallography and membrane systems.

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Overview

Structure explains function. We predict and refine three-dimensional models and analyse how biomolecules interact.

Salient features

  • State-of-the-art structure prediction
  • Docking and interface analysis
  • Cryo-EM, cryo-ET and crystallography processing

Analyses we offer

Protein structure analysis

Predicts and examines three-dimensional protein structures, including confidence maps and structural similarity searches against known folds.

Methods: alphafold, ColabFold, foldseek.

Protein interaction analysis

Models how proteins bind each other and maps the contacts, hydrogen bonds and interface residues that hold a complex together.

Methods: haddock3, AlphaPulldown, plip.

Modeling of structures using cryo-EM

Reconstructs and refines 3D density maps from cryo-electron microscopy images and builds atomic models into them.

Methods: relion, cryodrgn, model-angelo.

Membrane protein analysis

Sets up and analyses membrane-embedded proteins in lipid bilayers, covering orientation, lipid contacts and stability.

Methods: Insane, mdanalysis, martini-forcefields.

RNA structure analysis

Predicts RNA secondary and tertiary structure and integrates chemical probing data to refine the folds.

Methods: ViennaRNA, shapemapper2, SPOT-RNA.

DNA structure analysis

Predicts local DNA shape features such as groove width and helical twist that influence protein binding.

Methods: DNAshapeR, deepDNAshape.

Biomolecular complex structure prediction

Predicts structures of multi-component assemblies of proteins, nucleic acids and ligands from sequence.

Methods: boltz, openfold, alphafold3.

Protein-protein docking

Generates and ranks plausible binding poses between two proteins, using experimental restraints when available.

Methods: lightdock, haddock3.

X-ray crystallography data processing

Processes diffraction images through indexing, integration and scaling to prepare data for structure solution.

Methods: cctbx_project, dials.

Cryo-electron tomography

Processes tilt-series, reconstructs tomograms and enhances them to study structures in their cellular context.

Methods: IsoNet, teamtomo.github.io.

What you receive

  • A written report with methods, parameters and interpretation
  • Processed data tables and publication-quality figures
  • Scripts and settings so every result can be reproduced

Not sure which analysis fits your data? Contact us and we will advise.

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