Journal of Applied Crystallography

Volume 30, Part 5 Number 1 (October 1997)

short communications

J. Appl. Cryst. (1997). 30, 547-549 [ doi:10.1107/S0021889897003427 ]

Probabilistic evaluation of similarity between pairs of three-dimensional protein structures utilizing temperature factors

O. Carugo and F. Eisenhaber

Abstract: A probabilistic measure of structural similarity is proposed which takes into account the degree of spatial localization of atoms expressed in atomic displacement parameters.