Open AccessThe SUPERFAMILY database in structural genomics
Author(s) -
Gough Julian
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
acta crystallographica section d
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1399-0047
DOI - 10.1107/s0907444902015160
Subject(s) - structural classification of proteins database , structural genomics , genome , computational biology , context (archaeology) , genomics , superfamily , domain (mathematical analysis) , protein domain , database , sequence alignment , computer science , biology , protein structure , genetics , peptide sequence , gene , paleontology , mathematical analysis , biochemistry , mathematics
The SUPERFAMILY hidden Markov model library representing all proteins of known structure predicts the domain architecture of protein sequences and classifies them at the SCOP superfamily level. This analysis has been carried out on all completely sequenced genomes. The ways in which the database can be useful to crystallographers is discussed, in particular with a view to high‐throughput structure determination. The application of the SUPERFAMILY database to different target‐selection strategies is suggested: novel folds, novel domain combinations and targeted attacks on genomes. Use of the database for more general inquiry in the context of structural studies is also explained. The database provides evolutionary relationships between target proteins and other proteins of known structure through the SCOP database, genome assignments and multiple sequence alignments.