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ABSTRACT: Background
Mapping biomedical data to functional knowledge is an essential task in bioinformatics and can be achieved by querying identifiers (e.g., gene sets) in pathway knowledge bases. However, the isoform and posttranslational modification states of proteins are lost when converting input and pathways into gene-centric lists.Findings
Based on the Reactome knowledge base, we built a network of protein-protein interactions accounting for the documented isoform and modification statuses of proteins. We then implemented a command line application called PathwayMatcher (github.com/PathwayAnalysisPlatform/PathwayMatcher) to query this network. PathwayMatcher supports multiple types of omics data as input and outputs the possibly affected biochemical reactions, subnetworks, and pathways.Conclusions
PathwayMatcher enables refining the network representation of pathways by including proteoforms defined as protein isoforms with posttranslational modifications. The specificity of pathway analyses is hence adapted to different levels of granularity, and it becomes possible to distinguish interactions between different forms of the same protein.
SUBMITTER: Sanchez LFH
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6667378 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Sánchez Luis Francisco Hernández LFH Burger Bram B Horro Carlos C Fabregat Antonio A Johansson Stefan S Njølstad Pål Rasmus PR Barsnes Harald H Hermjakob Henning H Vaudel Marc M
GigaScience 20190801 8
<h4>Background</h4>Mapping biomedical data to functional knowledge is an essential task in bioinformatics and can be achieved by querying identifiers (e.g., gene sets) in pathway knowledge bases. However, the isoform and posttranslational modification states of proteins are lost when converting input and pathways into gene-centric lists.<h4>Findings</h4>Based on the Reactome knowledge base, we built a network of protein-protein interactions accounting for the documented isoform and modification ...[more]