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ArticleBioinformatics (Oxford, England)2025

AFragmenter: schema-free, tuneable protein domain segmentation for AlphaFold protein structures.

Stefaan Verwimp, Rob Lavigne, Cédric Lood, Vera van Noort

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Stefaan VerwimpDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-5451-4926
Rob LavigneDepartment of Biosystems, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0001-7377-1314
Cédric LoodDepartment of Biology, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3SZ, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0001-7826-3378
Vera van NoortDepartment of Microbial and Molecular Systems, KU Leuven, Leuven 3001, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-8436-6602

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Abstract

summaryProtein domain segmentation is a crucial aspect of understanding protein functions and interactions, and it is vital for protein modelling exercises and evolutionary studies. Current segmentation methods often rely on predefined classification schemes, leading to inconsistencies and biases. AFragmenter provides a schema-free and tuneable approach to protein domain segmentation based on network analysis of AlphaFold-predicted structures. Utilizing Predicted Aligned Error values, AFragmenter constructs a fully connected network of protein residues and identifies distinct structural domains by using Leiden clustering. This method empowers users to adjust parameters including contrast threshold and resolution, providing control over the segmentation process. AVAILABILITY AND IMPLEMENTATION: AFragmenter is implemented in Python3 and freely available under an MIT license. It can be found as a Python library and command line tool at https://github.com/sverwimp/AFragmenter, pip, and Conda.

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Computational BiologyProtein DomainsProteinsSoftwareAlgorithmsModels, MolecularProtein FoldingProteins

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PMCPMC12619643

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