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foldseek

Structure similarity search with Foldseek. Use this skill when: (1) Finding similar structures in PDB/AFDB databases, (2) Structural homology search, (3) Database queries by 3D structure, (4) Finding remote homologs not detected by sequence, (5) Clustering structures by similarity. For sequence similarity, use uniprot BLAST. For structure prediction, use chai or boltz.

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Installation and usage

Structure similarity search with Foldseek. Use this skill when: (1) Finding similar structures in PDB/AFDB databases, (2) Structural homology search, (3) Database queries by 3D structure, (4) Finding remote homologs not detected by sequence, (5) Clustering structures by similarity. For sequence similarity, use uniprot BLAST. For structure prediction, use chai or boltz.

Installation
$ install --globalskills.sh
Usage

Once installed, you can use this skill by running the following command in your terminal:

skills use foldseek