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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2020

Integrative approach for detecting membrane proteins.

Munira Alballa, Gregory Butler

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Munira AlballaDepartment of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. m_alball@encs.concordia.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2430-3933
Gregory ButlerDepartment of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundMembrane proteins are key gates that control various vital cellular functions. Membrane proteins are often detected using transmembrane topology prediction tools. While transmembrane topology prediction tools can detect integral membrane proteins, they do not address surface-bound proteins. In this study, we focused on finding the best techniques for distinguishing all types of membrane proteins.

resultsThis research first demonstrates the shortcomings of merely using transmembrane topology prediction tools to detect all types of membrane proteins. Then, the performance of various feature extraction techniques in combination with different machine learning algorithms was explored. The experimental results obtained by cross-validation and independent testing suggest that applying an integrative approach that combines the results of transmembrane topology prediction and position-specific scoring matrix (Pse-PSSM) optimized evidence-theoretic k nearest neighbor (OET-KNN) predictors yields the best performance.

conclusionThe integrative approach outperforms the state-of-the-art methods in terms of accuracy and MCC, where the accuracy reached a 92.51% in independent testing, compared to the 89.53% and 79.42% accuracies achieved by the state-of-the-art methods.

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AlgorithmsAmino AcidsArea Under CurveDatabases, ProteinMembrane ProteinsPosition-Specific Scoring MatricesROC CurveAmino AcidsMembrane ProteinsAmino acid compositionIntegral membrane proteinsIntegrative approachMachine learningMembranePrediction modelSurface-bound membrane proteinsTransmembrane

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PMID33349234
PMCPMC7751106

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