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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

NLSdb-major update for database of nuclear localization signals and nuclear export signals.

Michael Bernhofer, Tatyana Goldberg, Silvana Wolf, Mohamed Ahmed, Julian Zaugg, Mikael Boden, Burkhard Rost

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 59 papers.

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7 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Michael BernhoferDepartment of Informatics, I12-Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching/Munich, Germany.
Tatyana GoldbergDepartment of Informatics, I12-Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching/Munich, Germany.
Silvana WolfDepartment of Informatics, I12-Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching/Munich, Germany.
Mohamed AhmedDepartment of Informatics, I12-Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching/Munich, Germany.
Julian ZauggSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
Mikael BodenSchool of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences, The University of Queensland, Brisbane 4072, Australia.
Burkhard RostDepartment of Informatics, I12-Chair of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Technical University of Munich (TUM), Boltzmannstrasse 3, 85748 Garching/Munich, Germany.
Technical University of Munich · DEUniversity of Queensland · AU

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

NLSdb is a database collecting nuclear export signals (NES) and nuclear localization signals (NLS) along with experimentally annotated nuclear and non-nuclear proteins. NES and NLS are short sequence motifs related to protein transport out of and into the nucleus. The updated NLSdb now contains 2253 NLS and introduces 398 NES. The potential sets of novel NES and NLS have been generated by a simple 'in silico mutagenesis' protocol. We started with motifs annotated by experiments. In step 1, we increased specificity such that no known non-nuclear protein matched the refined motif. In step 2, we increased the sensitivity trying to match several different families with a motif. We then iterated over steps 1 and 2. The final set of 2253 NLS motifs matched 35% of 8421 experimentally verified nuclear proteins (up from 21% for the previous version) and none of 18 278 non-nuclear proteins. We updated the web interface providing multiple options to search protein sequences for NES and NLS motifs, and to evaluate your own signal sequences. NLSdb can be accessed via Rostlab services at: https://rostlab.org/services/nlsdb/.

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Databases, GeneticMolecular Sequence AnnotationUser-Computer InterfaceActive Transport, Cell NucleusAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsArabidopsisCaenorhabditis elegansCell NucleusDatasets as TopicDrosophila melanogasterEukaryotic CellsHumansInternetMiceNuclear Export SignalsNuclear Export SignalsNuclear Localization Signals

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PMID29106588
PMCPMC5753228
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