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Our new methods MUFold-SS, MUFold-Angle, MUFold-BetaTurn and MUFold-GammaTurn, developed based on advanced deep neural networks, achieved state-of-the-art performance for predicting secondary structures, backbone torsion angles, beta-turns and gamma-turns, respectively. An easy-to-use web service will provide the community a convenient way to use these methods for research and development.<\/jats:p>\n               <\/jats:sec>\n               <jats:sec>\n                  <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                  <jats:p>MUFold-SSW, a new web server, is presented. It provides predictions of protein secondary structures, torsion angles, beta-turns and gamma-turns for a given protein sequence. 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