Comparative genomics and functional annotation of bacterial transporters

MS Gelfand, DA Rodionov - Physics of Life Reviews, 2008 - Elsevier
Transport proteins are difficult to study experimentally, and because of that their functional
characterization trails that of enzymes. The comparative genomic analysis is a powerful …

Combining modelling and mutagenesis studies of synaptic vesicle protein 2A to identify a series of residues involved in racetam binding

J Shi, D Anderson, BA Lynch, JG Castaigne, P Foerch… - 2011 - portlandpress.com
LEV (levetiracetam), an antiepileptic drug which possesses a unique profile in animal
models of seizure and epilepsy, has as its unique binding site in brain, SV2A (synaptic …

Prediction of the burial status of transmembrane residues of helical membrane proteins

Y Park, S Hayat, V Helms - BMC bioinformatics, 2007 - Springer
Abstract Background Helical membrane proteins (HMPs) play a crucial role in diverse
cellular processes, yet it still remains extremely difficult to determine their structures by …

RHYTHM—a server to predict the orientation of transmembrane helices in channels and membrane-coils

A Rose, S Lorenzen, A Goede, B Gruening… - Nucleic acids …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
RHYTHM is a web server that predicts buried versus exposed residues of helical membrane
proteins. Starting from a given protein sequence, secondary and tertiary structure …

On the derivation of propensity scales for predicting exposed transmembrane residues of helical membrane proteins

Y Park, V Helms - Bioinformatics, 2007 - academic.oup.com
Helical membrane proteins (HMPs) play a crucial role in diverse physiological processes.
Given the difficulty in determining their structures by experimental techniques, it is desired to …

A sequence‐based computational model for the prediction of the solvent accessible surface area for α‐helix and β‐barrel transmembrane residues

C Wang, L Xi, S Li, H Liu, X Yao - Journal of computational …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Predicting the solvent accessible surface area (ASA) of transmembrane (TM) residues is of
great importance for experimental researchers to elucidate diverse physiological processes …

Lipid exposure prediction enhances the inference of rotational angles of transmembrane helices

JS Lai, CW Cheng, A Lo, TY Sung, WL Hsu - BMC bioinformatics, 2013 - Springer
Background Since membrane protein structures are challenging to crystallize, computational
approaches are essential for elucidating the sequence-to-structure relationships. Structural …

Structure of a protein–detergent complex: the balance between detergent cohesion and binding

J Khao, J Arce-Lopera, JN Sturgis… - European Biophysics …, 2011 - Springer
Despite the major interest in membrane proteins at functional, genomic, and therapeutic
levels, their biochemical and structural study remains challenging, as they require, among …

Prediction of the exposure status of transmembrane beta barrel residues from protein sequence

S Hayat, P Walter, Y Park, V Helms - Journal of Bioinformatics and …, 2011 - World Scientific
We present BTMX (Beta barrel TransMembrane eXposure), a computational method to
predict the exposure status (ie exposed to the bilayer or hidden in the protein structure) of …

Statistical analysis and exposure status classification of transmembrane beta barrel residues

S Hayat, Y Park, V Helms - Computational Biology and Chemistry, 2011 - Elsevier
Several computational methods exist for the identification of transmembrane beta barrel
proteins (TMBs) from sequence. Some of these methods also provide the transmembrane …