SPARC (structural properties associated with residue constraints)

SPARC sorts through vast amounts of sequence and structural data to identify the most statistically striking residue constraints. Based on BPPS, SIPRIS and direct coupling analyses, it estimates the statistical significance of the correspondence between high scoring residue pairs and interactions internal to a domain or at homomeric and heteromeric interfaces. And, given molecular dynamics simulated structures, it characterizes interactions among constrained residues or between such residues and ligands that are stably maintained during the simulation, undergo correlated formation and/or disruption, or switch between alternative interactions.

SPARC executable (beta version):

For SPARC C++ source code (beta version) download the source code tarball at the bottom of the software webpage:
Reference:  Neuwald, A.F., Yang, H. and B. T. Nixon. 2022. SPARC: structural properties associated with residue constraints. Computational and Structural Biotechnology Journal. 20:1702-1715.

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2001037022001222

Funding: The National Institutes of Health, National Institute of General Medical Sciences grant R01GM125878.

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