Automated refinement of macromolecular structures at low resolution using prior information

An automated pipeline for low-resolution structure refinement (LORESTR) has been developed to assist in the hassle-free refinement of difficult cases. The pipeline automates the selection of high-resolution homologues for external restraint generation and optimizes the parameters for ProSMART and REFMAC5, improving R factors and geometry statistics in 94% of the test cases.

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