Crystallographic molecular replacement using an in silico‐generated search model of SARS‐CoV‐2 ORF8
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Abstract
The majority of crystal structures are determined by the method of molecular replacement (MR). The range of application of MR is limited mainly by the need for an accurate search model. In most cases, pre‐existing experimentally determined structures are used as search models. In favorable cases, ab initio predicted structures have yielded search models adequate for MR. The ORF8 protein of SARS‐CoV‐2 represents a challenging case for MR using an ab initio prediction because ORF8 has an all β‐sheet fold and few orthologs. We previously determined experimentally the structure of ORF8 using the single anomalous dispersion (SAD) phasing method, having been unable to find an MR solution to the crystallographic phase problem. Following a report of an accurate prediction of the ORF8 structure, we assessed whether the predicted model would have succeeded as an MR search model. A phase problem solution was found, and the resulting structure was refined, yielding structural parameters equivalent to the original experimental solution.
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SciScore for 10.1101/2021.01.05.425441: (What is this?)
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Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Molecular Replacement: The AlphaFold2 ORF8 prediction was obtained from the CASP14 website (www.predictioncenter.org; model ID: T1064TS427_1-D1) and prepared for Molecular Replacement using the Phenix software suite (26). Phenixsuggested: (Phenix, RRID:SCR_014224)Molecular replacement was performed using the program Phaser with default search parameters. Phasersuggested: (Phaser, RRID:SCR_014219)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. …
SciScore for 10.1101/2021.01.05.425441: (What is this?)
Please note, not all rigor criteria are appropriate for all manuscripts.
Table 1: Rigor
Institutional Review Board Statement not detected. Randomization not detected. Blinding not detected. Power Analysis not detected. Sex as a biological variable not detected. Table 2: Resources
Software and Algorithms Sentences Resources Molecular Replacement: The AlphaFold2 ORF8 prediction was obtained from the CASP14 website (www.predictioncenter.org; model ID: T1064TS427_1-D1) and prepared for Molecular Replacement using the Phenix software suite (26). Phenixsuggested: (Phenix, RRID:SCR_014224)Molecular replacement was performed using the program Phaser with default search parameters. Phasersuggested: (Phaser, RRID:SCR_014219)Results from OddPub: We did not detect open data. We also did not detect open code. Researchers are encouraged to share open data when possible (see Nature blog).
Results from LimitationRecognizer: An explicit section about the limitations of the techniques employed in this study was not found. We encourage authors to address study limitations.Results from TrialIdentifier: No clinical trial numbers were referenced.
Results from Barzooka: We did not find any issues relating to the usage of bar graphs.
Results from JetFighter: We did not find any issues relating to colormaps.
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