Rapid membrane protein topology prediction.

ABSTRACT:

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State-of-the-art methods for topology of α-helical membrane proteins are based on the use of time-consuming multiple sequence alignments obtained from PSI-BLAST or other sources. Here, we examine if it is possible to use the consensus of topology prediction methods that are based on single sequences to obtain a similar accuracy as the more accurate multiple sequence-based methods. Here, we show that TOPCONS-single performs better than any of the other topology prediction methods tested here, but ~6% worse than the best method that is utilizing multiple sequence alignments.

Availability and implementation

TOPCONS-single is available as a web server from http://single.topcons.net/ and is also included for local installation from the web site. In addition, consensus-

SUBMITTER: Hennerdal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3077071 | biostudies-literature | 2011 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature