dˈɛdˈɛnd ᵻlˌɪmᵻnˈeɪʃən hˈæzbiːn jˈuːzd ɪfˈɛktɪvli tə pɹɪdˈɪkt ðə stɹˈʌktʃɚɹ ʌv sˈaɪd tʃˈeɪnz ˌɔn ɐ ɡˈɪvən pɹˈoʊtiːn bˈækboʊn stɹˈʌktʃɚ baɪ mˈɪnɪmˌaɪzɪŋ ɐn ˈɛnɚdʒi fˈʌŋkʃən .
Dead-end elimination has been used effectively to predict the structure of side chains on a given protein backbone structure by minimizing an energy function .