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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2005

COPASAAR--a database for proteomic analysis of single amino acid repeats.

Daniel P Depledge, Andrew R Dalby

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Daniel P DepledgeSchool of Biological and Chemical Sciences and Engineering, Washington Singer Laboratories, University of Exeter, Prince of Wales Road, Exeter, EX4 4PS, UK. dan_depledge@hotmail.com
Andrew R Dalby

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSingle amino acid repeats make up a significant proportion in all of the proteomes that have currently been determined. They have been shown to be functionally and medically significant, and are associated with cancers and neuro-degenerative diseases such as Huntington's Chorea, where a poly-glutamine repeat is responsible for causing the disease. The COPASAAR database is a new tool to facilitate the rapid analysis of single amino acid repeats at a proteome level. The database aims to simplify the comparison of repeat distributions between proteomes in order to provide a better understanding of their function and evolution.

resultsA comparative analysis of all proteomes in the database (currently 244) shows that single amino acid repeats account for about 12-14% of the proteome of any given species. They are more common in eukaryotes (14%) than in either archaea or bacteria (both 13%). Individual analyses of proteomes show that long single amino acid repeats (6+ residues) are much more common in the Eukaryotes and that longer repeats are usually made up of hydrophilic amino acids such as glutamine, glutamic acid, asparagine, aspartic acid and serine.

conclusionCOPASAAR is a useful tool for comparative proteomics that provides rapid access to amino acid repeat data that can be readily data-mined. The COPASAAR database can be queried at the kingdom, proteome or individual protein level. As the amount of available proteome data increases this will be increasingly important in order to automate proteome comparison. The insights gained from these studies will give a better insight into the evolution of protein sequence and function.

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AlgorithmsDatabases, ProteinAmino Acid SequenceComputational BiologyInformation Storage and RetrievalInternetModels, StatisticalProteinsProteomeRepetitive Sequences, Amino AcidSequence AlignmentSoftwareProteinsProteome

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