PMID- 24231803 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DA - 20131115 DCOM- 20140619 LR - 20141112 IS - 2041-1723 (Electronic) IS - 2041-1723 (Linking) VI - 4 DP - 2013 TI - Automatic protein structure solution from weak X-ray data. PG - 2777 LID - 10.1038/ncomms3777 [doi] AB - Determining new protein structures from X-ray diffraction data at low resolution or with a weak anomalous signal is a difficult and often an impossible task. Here we propose a multivariate algorithm that simultaneously combines the structure determination steps. In tests on over 140 real data sets from the protein data bank, we show that this combined approach can automatically build models where current algorithms fail, including an anisotropically diffracting 3.88 A RNA polymerase II data set. The method seamlessly automates the process, is ideal for non-specialists and provides a mathematical framework for successfully combining various sources of information in image processing. FAU - Skubak, Pavol AU - Skubak P AD - Department of Biophysical Structural Chemistry, Leiden University, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands. FAU - Pannu, Navraj S AU - Pannu NS LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Nat Commun JT - Nature communications JID - 101528555 RN - EC 2.7.7.- (RNA Polymerase II) SB - IM MH - Algorithms MH - Models, Molecular MH - Protein Conformation MH - RNA Polymerase II/*chemistry MH - Software MH - *X-Ray Diffraction PMC - PMC3868232 OID - NLM: PMC3868232 EDAT- 2013/11/16 06:00 MHDA- 2014/06/20 06:00 CRDT- 2013/11/16 06:00 PHST- 2013/08/21 [received] PHST- 2013/10/15 [accepted] AID - ncomms3777 [pii] AID - 10.1038/ncomms3777 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Nat Commun. 2013;4:2777. doi: 10.1038/ncomms3777. URL - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24231803