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In fact, of the ensembles we have studied, the average pairwise RMS across an ensemble varied from 0. The smaller the spread of the clusters, the more similar the conformations of its members; the greater the population of a cluster, the less likely the chance of excluding a member of similar conformation. Flexibility of Input In addition to the automatically selected cut-off point, the program is able to accept a user-definable value for the minimum distance between representative structures. At each stage of clustering, the "spread" of each cluster is calculated. At each stage of the clustering algorithm, a search is performed for the two nearest clusters; these are merged to form a single cluster. Of these three methods, average linkage performed best, producing the lowest average penalty value over the ensembles.

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At each stage of the clustering algorithm, a search is performed for the two nearest clusters; these are merged to form a single cluster.

Alternatively, NMRCLUST can take a pre-determined matrix of "distances" and automatically output the resulting clusters and their representative members. However, this technique was not used in our studies as it requires a high level of user njrclust This superposition is carried out, by default, on all non-hydrogen atoms, or alternatively on a user-defined set of atoms See Flexibility of Input section.

After cluster analysis based on these distances, a user-defined cut-off is required to determine the final membership of clusters, and therefore the representative structures.

Of these three methods, average linkage performed best, producing the lowest average penalty value over the ensembles. View an example report. Gardner 2 and Michael J. Considering the highly diverse nature of NMR-derived ensembles of proteins, it would seem most appropriate to avoid the use of pre-defined values for determining clusters.

Average linkage cluster analysis is used in conjunction with a penalty function to automatically determine a cut-off in the clustering hierarchy. The program uses the method of average linkage to define how clusters are built up, followed by application of a penalty function which seeks to simultaneously minimise 1 the number of clusters and 2 the spread across each cluster.

In this communication, we present an automated method for cut-off determination which avoids the dangers of using fixed values for this purpose.

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Representative Structures Once a cut-off in the clustering has been determined in this way, eigen analysis Sutcliffe, is performed on each cluster at stage icut. Normalisation is performed to give equal weight nmtclust the penalty function Step 4 to the number of clusters and the average spread a choice of relative weights which appears to work well.

At each stage of clustering, the "spread" of each cluster is calculated. It is interesting to note the correlation between the clusters and the conformation of hirudin Figure 3. Thus, the stage icut represents a state where nkrclust clusters are as highly populated as possible, whilst simultaneously maintaining the smallest spread.

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Flexibility of Input In addition to the automatically selected nmrflust point, the program is able to accept a user-definable value for the minimum distance between representative structures. Kelley 1Stephen P. This allows the determination of the structure within each cluster that is closest to the centroid of that cluster. This program automatically defines nmrclusst the core atoms, and ii the rigid body ies in which these lie.

Another clustering algorithm commonly used with protein structures is the Jarvis-Patrick method Allen and Doyle, This program automatically clusters ensemble members into conformationally-related sub-families.

Consequently negative eigenvalues do not seem in practice to be of particular concern.

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The superimposed backbones of twenty-eight hirudin 4HIR structures. This observed lack of conformational order is consistent with the absence of any long-range NOEs between this exposed "finger" nmrcpust the core region of the protein Folkers et al. This matrix is used as a similarity score on which to base the clustering. Model 18 has been omitted from this analysis due to missing sidechain atoms on Gln The reports include identification of the most representative model and clusters within the ensemble and determination of rigid fragments or "domains" in the structure.

Conclusion This method can be used to automatically cluster any data set e. Unlike structures determined by X-ray crystallography, which are deposited in nmrclkst Brookhaven Protein Data Bank Abola et al.

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Penalty Function For each stage of clustering, ia penalty valueP ican now be calculated as: There is also the capability of performing the cluster analysis on a different, user-defined, set of atoms to those used for superposition e.

The penalty function arrives at a unique minimum value Figure nmrckust which is chosen as the cut-off point for the clustering.

Nmtclust structures are superposed in a pairwise manner and the resulting R.