MUSTANG

MUltiple (protein) STructural AligNment alGorithm
Reference: A. S. Konagurthu,  J. C. Whisstock,  P. J. Stuckey,  A. M. Lesk, Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics 64(3):559-574 (August 2006) [preprint]

MUSTANG source

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Source Code (v3.2.4)
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Patch file to version (v3.2.3)
Instructions for building MUSTANG

Dependencies: GNUMake or equivalent. A modern C++ compiler. MUSTANG is known to build with G++ >=4.1.2. If these dependencies are met, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the source code from the link above.
  2. Extract the archive with:
    tar -zxvf mustang_v3.2.4.tgz
  3. Type: cd MUSTANG_v3.2.4
  4. Build MUSTANG with: make
  5. The built binary will appear in the bin/ subdirectory.
  6. Test the binary by running from MUSTANG_v3.2.4/ directory:
    ./bin/mustang-3.2.3 -f data/test/test_zf-CCHH
  7. This should produce the following files:
    • results.html
    • results.html
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Command line options

Mustang is a program that implements an algorithm for structural
alignment of multiple protein structures. Given a set of PDB files, the
program uses the spatial information in the Calpha atoms of the set to
produce a sequence alignment.  Based on a progressive pairwise heuristic
the algorithm then proceeds through a number of refinement
passes. Mustang reports the multiple sequence alignment and the
corresponding superposition of structures.

To keep the command line short the user can write the path and file names into a (description) file and supply the description file at the command line using the '-f' option. For example see the file used to test the installation: '/usr/share/doc/mustang/examples/test_zf-CCHH'.

PATH should have a prefix '>'. When the program parses this file, it looks for the line starting with '>' symbol (whitespaces are ignored before and after the symbol). The PATH containing the PDB files of the structures to be aligned should follow. See for example: /usr/share/doc/mustang/examples/test_zf-CCHH'.

FILENAMES should have a prefix '+' (whitespaces are ignored before and after this symbol). If PATH is specified then only the filenames should be provided after the '+' symbol. However, if PATH line is NOT provided, then the absolute/relative paths of the structure files should be provided.

The description file format is described further under the -f CmdLine option).  

OPTIONS

-p <path>
Path to the directory holding the (PDB) structures to be aligned.
-i <struct-1> <struct-2>...
Input structures to be aligned. Note: if -p option is used in the command line, supply only the file names of the structures; if not give the absolute/relative path of each of the input structures.
-f <description file>
This option is used to AVOID entering the path (-p) and file name (-i) details in the command line. Instead, to keep the command line short, the user can enter the path and file name details in a "description" file and supply it in the command line. The format of the "description file" is furher discussed in the 'DESCRIPTION' section above. Note: the options { -p , -i} and {-f} are mutually exclusive.
-o <output identifier>
A common identifier for various outputs of the program. Appropriate extentions (e.g. <identifier>.html, <identifier>.pdb, <identifier>.msf) will be added to this identifier depending on the options the user specifies in the command line. DEFAULT output identifier: 'results'
-F <format>
Alignment output format. The choices for <format> are: 'html', 'fasta', 'pir', 'msf'. DEFAULT format: 'html'
-D [CA-CA diameter]
Produce an HTML file where the the residues are reported in lower case with grey background when the aligned(superposed) CA-CA diamter of residues in a column of alignment is > the CA-CA diameter threshold.
-s [<ON>/<OFF>]
Generate a PDB file containing optimal superposition of all the structures based on the alignment. DEFAULT: 'ON'.
-r [<ON>/<OFF>]
Print to a file rmsd table of multiple superposition along with rotation matrix and translation vector corresponding to each input structure. DEFAULT: 'OFF'.
--help
Display a help message and exits.
--version
Output version information and exits.

 

REFERENCE

A. S. Konagurthu, J. Whisstock, P. J. Stuckey, and A. M. Lesk, MUSTANG: A multiple structural alignment algorithm, Proteins, 64(3) 559-574 (2006).