Re: [modeller_usage] Building a tetramer

[Modeller Caretaker <modeller-care@ucsf.edu>]

Nicky Thrupp wrote:
> I am building a protein with four chains (based on a tetrameric
> template). I was wondering about the algorithms that Modeller uses -
> does it build all four chains simultaneously, or does it build them one
> at a time? I am worried about steric clashes if the chains are built
> indiviudally and then put together afterwards.

All four chains are built simultaneously, so you should not have any
trouble with steric clashes.

	Ben Webb, Modeller Caretaker
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