Fast Protein Loop Sampling and Structure Prediction Using Distance-Guided Sequential Chain-Growth Monte Carlo Method
Figure 5
Schematic illustration of ellipsoid criterion.
(A) Three dimensional view of a point locating on the ellipsoid constructed from the total loop length
and the two foci
and
. (B) Two dimensional view along through the
-axis of the ellipsoid, with
and
(dark gray).
is along
-axis, not shown. The maximum side-chain length is denoted as
and the distance cut-off of interaction is
. The enlarged ellipsoid, which has updated
and
, is also shown (light gray).