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| Title |
APBSmem: A Graphical Interface for Electrostatic Calculations at the Membrane
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, September 2010
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0012722 |
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| Authors |
Keith M. Callenberg, Om P. Choudhary, Gabriel L. de Forest, David W. Gohara, Nathan A. Baker, Michael Grabe |
| Abstract |
Electrostatic forces are one of the primary determinants of molecular interactions. They help guide the folding of proteins, increase the binding of one protein to another and facilitate protein-DNA and protein-ligand binding. A popular method for computing the electrostatic properties of biological systems is to numerically solve the Poisson-Boltzmann (PB) equation, and there are several easy-to-use software packages available that solve the PB equation for soluble proteins. Here we present a freely available program, called APBSmem, for carrying out these calculations in the presence of a membrane. The Adaptive Poisson-Boltzmann Solver (APBS) is used as a back-end for solving the PB equation, and a Java-based graphical user interface (GUI) coordinates a set of routines that introduce the influence of the membrane, determine its placement relative to the protein, and set the membrane potential. The software Jmol is embedded in the GUI to visualize the protein inserted in the membrane before the calculation and the electrostatic potential after completing the computation. We expect that the ease with which the GUI allows one to carry out these calculations will make this software a useful resource for experimenters and computational researchers alike. Three examples of membrane protein electrostatic calculations are carried out to illustrate how to use APBSmem and to highlight the different quantities of interest that can be calculated. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 135 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 9 | 7% |
| Germany | 3 | 2% |
| Brazil | 3 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Norway | 1 | <1% |
| Mexico | 1 | <1% |
| New Zealand | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 116 | 86% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Researcher | 37 | 27% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 12 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 9 | 7% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 30 | 22% |
| Unknown | 8 | 6% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 44 | 33% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 24 | 18% |
| Chemistry | 21 | 16% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 11 | 8% |
| Computer Science | 6 | 4% |
| Other | 18 | 13% |
| Unknown | 11 | 8% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 6. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 30 April 2021.
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#412
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