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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2014

ECMIS: computational approach for the identification of hotspots at protein-protein interfaces.

Prashant Shingate, Malini Manoharan, Anshul Sukhwal, Ramanathan Sowdhamini

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Prashant Shingate
Malini Manoharan
Anshul Sukhwal
Ramanathan SowdhaminiNational Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR), GKVK Campus, Bellary Road, Bangalore 560065, India. mini@ncbs.res.in.

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Abstract

backgroundVarious methods have been developed to computationally predict hotspot residues at novel protein-protein interfaces. However, there are various challenges in obtaining accurate prediction. We have developed a novel method which uses different aspects of protein structure and sequence space at residue level to highlight interface residues crucial for the protein-protein complex formation.

resultsECMIS (Energetic Conservation Mass Index and Spatial Clustering) algorithm was able to outperform existing hotspot identification methods. It was able to achieve around 80% accuracy with incredible increase in sensitivity and outperforms other existing methods. This method is even sensitive towards the hotspot residues contributing only small-scale hydrophobic interactions.

conclusionCombination of diverse features of the protein viz. energy contribution, extent of conservation, location and surrounding environment, along with optimized weightage for each feature, was the key for the success of the algorithm. The academic version of the algorithm is available at http://caps.ncbs.res.in/download/ECMIS/ECMIS.zip.

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AlgorithmsCluster AnalysisComputational BiologyHydrogen BondingHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsProtein ConformationProtein Interaction MappingProteinsSoftwareThermodynamicsProteins

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