Proasis2protein structure database and visualisation system Version 2008 Released
Desert Scientific Software announces the release of the 2008 version of Proasis2® protein structure database and visualisation system. The 2008 version includes numerous new features and enhancements, including:
- The easy overlay of all structures in a project, which can be downloaded as tarball
- More powerful scripting for PyMol based visualisations
- Improved search and display performance
- New links to the public domain repository, RCSB
- Enhanced methods for the automated curation and loading of public domain structures from the RCSB
- More robust sequence alignment methods used for overlays
- Extended parsing of pdb files and writing of curated pdb files
- Support of more chemical drawing packages, for entering structure-based search queries
- Extended functionality for the highlighting of contacts along a protein sequence
- More refined definitions for the Metalloproteinases protein class
Proasis2® is the industry’s leading protein structure database and visualisation system. Its user community includes more than half of the top 10 global pharmaceutical companies. Through user-driven improvements, Proasis2® continues to be a key tool for structural biology and drug discovery research.
For more information on Proasis2® or DesertSci’s other products and services please go to our website www.desertsci.com or contact us on info@desertsci.com
