MAXSUB GALLERY

This gallery is aimed to depict the meaning of MaxSub scores. The figures show the superposition of the native structure and the predicted model, using the data obtained by MaxSub. MaxSub scores range from 0 to 9, where the score of 9 is a very good model, and scores >0 represent correct predictions.
In the figures below the native structure is shown in red. Cyan depicts the regions in the well predicted subset of the model, as identified by MaxSub. Blue depicts the regions of the model outside this subset.




MaxSub score of 9: T0047AL066_1

MaxSub score of 6: T0082TS136_1
Model no. 1 from group 066 on CASP3 target T0047.
158 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 157 residues of the model: 1.25 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 152,
superposes with an RMS of 0.91 A.
Model no. 1 from group 136 on CASP3 target T0082.
190 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 190 residues of the model: 5.93 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 133,
superposes with an RMS of 1.75 A.



MaxSub score of 4: T0081AL212_1


MaxSub score of 4: T0061TS185_1
Model no. 1 from group 212 on CASP3 target T0081.
151 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 100 residues of the model: 3.04 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 81,
superposes with an RMS of 1.76 A.
Model no. 1 from ab initio group 185 on CASP3 target T0061.
76 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 76 residues of the model: 8.94 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 36,
superposes with an RMS of 2.14 A (but for clarity, shown here using MaxSub's threshold of 5.0 A).



MaxSub score of 3: T0054AL166_1


MaxSub score of 2: T0046AL212_1
Model no. 1 from group 166 on CASP3 target T0054.
202 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 116 residues of the model: 8.08 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 68,
superposes with an RMS of 2.08 A.
Model no. 1 from group 212 on CASP3 target T0046.
119 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 84 residues of the model: 6.62 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 34,
superposes with an RMS of 1.53 A.



MaxSub score of 1: T0100TS395_1


DALI alignment for comparison (MaxSub score of 4): T0100TS000_1
Model no. 1 from server 395 on target T0100. Model built on correct parent, but shifted in many of the strands. Although this model has 54 residues that can be superimposed in a sequence dependent fashion at a distance of 3.5 A, the score it receives is only 1.3 (or a "1" in the tables), because this leaves a significant portion of the target unaligned (288 residues in the target). Only one other model for T0100 scored above zero with MaxSub and standard parameters. To show the difficulty of aligning this target correctly, the DALI alignment is shown on the right. Server 395 produced the best model for this target in its model no. 5. LGscores: 4 and 9.

DALI alignment showing the difficulty of aligning this target correctly, partly because of the presence of a number of loops. The DALI alignment received a MaxSub of 4 only.



MaxSub's False Negative (?) score of 0: T0100TS259_1


MaxSub's False Positive (?) scoring model (MaxSub score of 1): T0043TS005_1
Model no. 1 from server 259 on target T0100. Model built on correct parent, but shifted in many of the strands, with only 5 to 6 regions aligned with shift zero. The number of sequence-dependent superimposable residues at 3.5A falls exactly at MaxSub thresholds. Thus, although this model might be considered as correct, the automatic evaluation of MaxSub, based on rigid thresholds, could not award any points to this model. (see another example of models falling at the cutoff threshold for target T0121 above). If credit is deserved for the general topology in a sequence-independent measure, which disregards alignment shifts, this model should be considered correct. In fact, with the LGscores: the sequence dependent LGscore assigns a score of 2(0) whereas the sequence independent LGscore2 assigns a score of 8. A similar case occurs for a number of other models for targets T0100 and T0101.

Model no.1 from server 005 on CASP3 target T0043.
158 residues in the target.
Superposition of all 158 residues of the model: 14.23 A
MaxSub well predicted subset size: 25,
superposes with RMS of 1.83A. This is one example detected of a model probably wrongly receiving a score by MaxSub. The match of 25 residues, and the relatively small size of the target, lead to a MaxSub score of 0.13, just above its thresholds. However, it is doubtful that this model deserves any credit. These two last examples illustrate some of the current limitations of our automated sequence dependent evaluation method, and some of the directions required toward improving it. Thus CAFASP has also been a valuable experiment on model evaluation techniques.

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