Homology modelling question

[Andrej Sali]

Shoba.Ranganathan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I'm looking for  references that state the minimum sequence identity
> required for homology modelling, and the percentage in the reference
> (in case I can't find the article).
> 
> Cheers
> Shoba


Maybe these two papers will give you some information:

@ARTICLE{SalMedicine95,
        author={A. {\v{S}}ali},
        title={Protein modeling by satisfaction of spatial restraints},
        journal={Molecular Medicine Today},
        annote={\htmladdnormallink{Available}{http://guitar.rockefeller.edu/usr/people/sali/text/papers/molmed-95/html/rev/rev.html}},
        year={1995},
        volume={1},
        pages={270-277},
        key={review as042 Sali}
}


}
@ARTICLE{SalPotYua95,
        author={A. {\v{S}}ali and L. Potterton and F. Yuan and 
                H. van~Vlijmen and M. Karplus},
        title={Evaluation of comparative protein modeling by
{MODELLER}},
        journal={Proteins},
        year={1995},
        volume={23},
        pages={318-326},
        key={Sali as045},
        annote={An evaluation of three homology models submitted to the
                Asilomar conference.}
}

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