Secondary structure element identification on simulated density maps at 8 Å resolution. Four model structures, bacteriorhodopsin (A, pdb id: 1C3W), triose phosphate isomerase (B, pdb id: 1TIM), insulin receptor tyrosine kinase domain (C, 1IRK) and a trimer of bluetongue virus capsid protein VP7 (D, 2BTV), were used for validation. Column 1 shows a ribbon diagram for each of the structures, while column 2 shows the 8Å resolution simulated density maps. In column 3, the results of secondary structure identification are shown, represented by green α-helices and cyan β-sheets. Comparison of the X-ray structure and identified secondary structure elements are shown in column 4. Deviations from the real structure are colored in red. Only one monomer of the 2BTV trimer was analyzed.