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The DSSP program and database

The DSSP program was designed by Wolfgang Kabsch and Chris Sander to standardize secondary structure assignment. The DSSP database is a database of secondary structure assignments (and much more) for all of the entries in the Protein Data Bank (PDB).


To create a dssp file for your protein, type the following
(path on the SGI is: /srv/local/r4k/ and on the linux: /srv/local/linux/bin/)

     dssp [-na] pdb_file dssp_file

the -na flag disables the calculation of accessible surface.


The instruction manual for the DSSP program is here.
A copy of the Kabsch & Sander paper is amongst the manuals in the Core.


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