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The lowest energy structure
As explained in the Welcome section, each calculation that each of you do
is exploring a different region of the energy landscape. The lowest energy structure found in each of
your calculations are shown as red dots in the pictures below. This is a test case where we know what
the actual structure is and we want to see how well it can be predicted with all of your help (the actual
structure was determined experimentally at a huge cost of time, money, and effort). The y axis is the energy
of your computed structures, and the x axis is the distance from the true structure. The turquoise points
are from calculations we did here where we cheated and started with the actual structure. In the context
of the planet exploration analogy in the Welcome, you are all starting from random places on the surface of
the planet, and searching for the lowest elevation point, and the turquoise points show the elevation achieved
if the explorations start off in the deepest valley. So, as you can see, still more exploration is needed
because nobody as yet has found the deep valley represented by the turquoise points! This experiment will show us
how much searching is necessary to ensure that the lowest energy valley is found, which we need to figure out
before we can confidently predict the structures of the many important proteins in your bodies for which the
lowest energy structure is not known.
Periodically we will be specially acknowledging the winners of our protein folding "lottery".
The first winner is the person who found the lowest energy structure thus far.
The second winner is the person who found the structure closest to the actual structure.
The lucky winners and their results are shown below. Participants who are affiliated with the Baker group
and UW departments such as Housing and Food Services and Catalyst are not considered but their data are included
in the plots below.
These users will also have a chance to be acknowledged in scientific publications.
We will continue to post "winners" and their results as the project progresses.
Congratulations!!!
| May 6, 2007 - RNA target 1esy |
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Comparison of native structure (top left) and prediction with Rosetta@home (top right). Thanks to the many users who contributed to this prediction! The user who produced the lowest energy prediction for this sequence is listed above. Congratulations!
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| Apr. 26, 2007 - RNA target 283d |
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Comparison of native structure (top left) and prediction with Rosetta@home (top right). Thanks to the many users who contributed to this prediction! The user who produced the lowest energy predictions for this prediction is listed above. Congratulations!
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| Nov. 7, 2006 - CASP7 target T0354 |
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Comparison of native structure (top left) and prediction with Rosetta@home (top right), 1.8 Angstroms over 77 residues. Thanks to the many users who contributed to this prediction! The users who produced the lowest energy predictions for some of the workunits used in the prediction are listed above. Congratulations!
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| Oct 23, 2006 - CASP7 target T0327 |
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Comparison of native structure (blue) and template (red) based prediction (green) with Rosetta@home, Thanks to the many users who contributed to this prediction! The users who produced the lowest energy predictions for the workunits used in the prediction are listed above. Congratulations!
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| Oct 15, 2006 - CASP7 target T0330 domain 2 |
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Comparison of native structure (blue) and template (red) based prediction (green) with Rosetta@home, Thanks to the many users who contributed to this prediction! The users who produced the lowest energy predictions for the workunits used in the prediction are listed above. Congratulations!
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