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Nucleic Acids Research Advance Access published online on June 21, 2007
Nucleic Acids Research, doi:10.1093/nar/gkm423
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PIC: Protein Interactions Calculator

K. G. Tina, R. Bhadra and N. Srinivasan*

Molecular Biophysics Unit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +91 80 2293 2837; Fax: +91 80 2360 0535; Email: ns{at}mbu.iisc.ernet.in

Received January 31, 2007. Revised April 17, 2007. Accepted May 9, 2007.

Interactions within a protein structure and interactions between proteins in an assembly are essential considerations in understanding molecular basis of stability and functions of proteins and their complexes. There are several weak and strong interactions that render stability to a protein structure or an assembly. Protein Interactions Calculator (PIC) is a server which, given the coordinate set of 3D structure of a protein or an assembly, computes various interactions such as disulphide bonds, interactions between hydrophobic residues, ionic interactions, hydrogen bonds, aromatic–aromatic interactions, aromatic–sulphur interactions and cation–{pi} interactions within a protein or between proteins in a complex. Interactions are calculated on the basis of standard, published criteria. The identified interactions between residues can be visualized using a RasMol and Jmol interface. The advantage with PIC server is the easy availability of inter-residue interaction calculations in a single site. It also determines the accessible surface area and residue-depth, which is the distance of a residue from the surface of the protein. User can also recognize specific kind of interactions, such as apolar–apolar residue interactions or ionic interactions, that are formed between buried or exposed residues or near the surface or deep inside.


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