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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

ProteinTools: a toolkit to analyze protein structures.

Noelia Ferruz, Steffen Schmidt, Birte Höcker

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Article in Nucleic acids research, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.

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Noelia FerruzDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-4172-8201
Steffen SchmidtComputational Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-9077-6010
Birte HöckerDepartment of Biochemistry, University of Bayreuth, 95447 Bayreuth, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-8250-9462

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The experimental characterization and computational prediction of protein structures has become increasingly rapid and precise. However, the analysis of protein structures often requires researchers to use several software packages or web servers, which complicates matters. To provide long-established structural analyses in a modern, easy-to-use interface, we implemented ProteinTools, a web server toolkit for protein structure analysis. ProteinTools gathers four applications so far, namely the identification of hydrophobic clusters, hydrogen bond networks, salt bridges, and contact maps. In all cases, the input data is a PDB identifier or an uploaded structure, whereas the output is an interactive dynamic web interface. Thanks to the modular nature of ProteinTools, the addition of new applications will become an easy task. Given the current need to have these tools in a single, fast, and interpretable interface, we believe that ProteinTools will become an essential toolkit for the wider protein research community. The web server is available at https://proteintools.uni-bayreuth.de.

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Protein ConformationSoftwareAmino AcidsHydrogen BondingHydrophobic and Hydrophilic InteractionsModels, MolecularProteinsAmino AcidsProteins

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PMID34019657
PMCPMC8262690

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