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Threading (protein sequence)

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Threading is a method for the computational prediction of protein structure from protein sequence.

The query sequence is threaded through the backbone structure of a known protein structure. Then, the structure resulting from placing the amino acids of the query sequence in the positions of the model protein structure is evaluated according to the interactions between amino acid side chains and using a solvation potential.

The term was coined by David Jones in 1991.

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