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ArticleNucleic acids research2018

BUSCA: an integrative web server to predict subcellular localization of proteins.

Castrense Savojardo, Pier Luigi Martelli, Piero Fariselli, Giuseppe Profiti, Rita Casadio

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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 262 papers.

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Castrense SavojardoBiocomputing Group, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40100, Italy.
Pier Luigi MartelliBiocomputing Group, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40100, Italy.
Piero FariselliDepartment of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padova, Padova 35020, Italy.
Giuseppe ProfitiBiocomputing Group, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40100, Italy.
Rita CasadioBiocomputing Group, Department of Pharmacy and Biotechnology, University of Bologna, Bologna 40100, Italy.

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Abstract

Here, we present BUSCA (http://busca.biocomp.unibo.it), a novel web server that integrates different computational tools for predicting protein subcellular localization. BUSCA combines methods for identifying signal and transit peptides (DeepSig and TPpred3), GPI-anchors (PredGPI) and transmembrane domains (ENSEMBLE3.0 and BetAware) with tools for discriminating subcellular localization of both globular and membrane proteins (BaCelLo, MemLoci and SChloro). Outcomes from the different tools are processed and integrated for annotating subcellular localization of both eukaryotic and bacterial protein sequences. We benchmark BUSCA against protein targets derived from recent CAFA experiments and other specific data sets, reporting performance at the state-of-the-art. BUSCA scores better than all other evaluated methods on 2732 targets from CAFA2, with a F1 value equal to 0.49 and among the best methods when predicting targets from CAFA3. We propose BUSCA as an integrated and accurate resource for the annotation of protein subcellular localization.

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SoftwareBacteriaBenchmarkingCell MembraneCell NucleusChloroplastsEukaryotaEukaryotic CellsGene ExpressionGene OntologyInternetMembrane ProteinsMitochondriaMitochondrial ProteinsMolecular Sequence AnnotationProkaryotic CellsMembrane ProteinsMitochondrial ProteinsProtein Sorting Signals

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