Distance Geometry Optimization for Protein Structures

  • Authors:
  • Jorge J. Moré;Zhijun Wu

  • Affiliations:
  • Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA;Rice University, Houston, Texas, USA

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Global Optimization
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

We study the performance of the {\dgs} code for the solution of distance geometry problems with lower and upper bounds on distance constraints. The {\dgs} code uses only a sparse set of distance constraints, while other algorithms tend to work with a dense set of constraints either by imposing additional bounds or by deducing bounds from the given bounds. Our computational results show that protein structures can be determined by solving a distance geometry problem with {\dgs} and that the approach based on {\dgs} is significantly more reliable and efficient than multi-starts with an optimization code.