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ArticleDatabase : the journal of biological databases and curation2024

An optimized relational database for querying structural patterns in proteins.

Renzo Angles, Mauricio Arenas-Salinas, Roberto García, Ben Ingram

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Renzo AnglesDepartment of Computer Science, Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Talca, Camino a Los Niches Km. 1, Curicó, Región del Maule 3340000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0002-6740-9711
Mauricio Arenas-SalinasCentro de Bioinformática y Simulación Molecular (CBSM), Faculty of Engineering, Universidad de Talca, Av. Lircay s/n, Talca Región del Maule 34600000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-5143-1845
Roberto GarcíaMillennium Institute for Foundational Research on Data (IMFD), Vicuña Mackenna 4860, Macul, Santiago, Región Metropolitana 7810000, Chile.ORCID 0000-0001-6466-4541
Ben IngramSchool of Water, Energy and Environment, Cranfield University, College Road, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, England.ORCID 0000-0003-4557-4342

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Abstract

A database is an essential component in almost any software system, and its creation involves more than just data modeling and schema design. It also includes query optimization and tuning. This paper focuses on a web system called GSP4PDB, which is used for searching structural patterns in proteins. The system utilizes a normalized relational database, which has proven to be inefficient even for simple queries. This article discusses the optimization of the GSP4PDB database by implementing two techniques: denormalization and indexing. The empirical evaluation described in the article shows that combining these techniques enhances the efficiency of the database when querying both real and artificial graph-based structural patterns.

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PMID38236197
PMCPMC10939390

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