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ArticleNucleic acids research2021

b2bTools: online predictions for protein biophysical features and their conservation.

Luciano Porto Kagami, Gabriele Orlando, Daniele Raimondi, Francois Ancien, Bhawna Dixit, Jose Gavaldá-García, Pathmanaban Ramasamy, Joel Roca-Martínez, Konstantina Tzavella, Wim Vranken

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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 7 papers.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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10 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Luciano Porto KagamiInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Gabriele OrlandoInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Daniele RaimondiInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-1157-1899
Francois AncienInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Bhawna DixitInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Jose Gavaldá-GarcíaInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Pathmanaban RamasamyInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4039-5230
Joel Roca-MartínezInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Konstantina TzavellaInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.
Wim VrankenInteruniversity Institute of Bioinformatics in Brussels, ULB-VUB, Brussels 1050, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7470-4324
Vrije Universiteit Brussel · BEGhent University · BEUniversité Libre de Bruxelles · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We provide integrated protein sequence-based predictions via https://bio2byte.be/b2btools/. The aim of our predictions is to identify the biophysical behaviour or features of proteins that are not readily captured by structural biology and/or molecular dynamics approaches. Upload of a FASTA file or text input of a sequence provides integrated predictions from DynaMine backbone and side-chain dynamics, conformational propensities, and derived EFoldMine early folding, DisoMine disorder, and Agmata β-sheet aggregation. These predictions, several of which were previously not available online, capture 'emergent' properties of proteins, i.e. the inherent biophysical propensities encoded in their sequence, rather than context-dependent behaviour (e.g. final folded state). In addition, upload of a multiple sequence alignment (MSA) in a variety of formats enables exploration of the biophysical variation observed in homologous proteins. The associated plots indicate the biophysical limits of functionally relevant protein behaviour, with unusual residues flagged by a Gaussian mixture model analysis. The prediction results are available as JSON or CSV files and directly accessible via an API. Online visualisation is available as interactive plots, with brief explanations and tutorial pages included. The server and API employ an email-free token-based system that can be used to anonymously access previously generated results.

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Sequence AlignmentSoftwareInternetProteinsSequence Analysis, ProteinProteins

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