Abstract
Membrane proteins, which constitute approximately 20% of most genomes, form two main classes: alpha helical and beta barrel transmembrane proteins. Using methods based on Bayesian Networks, a powerful approach for statistical inference, we have sought to address beta-barrel topology prediction. The beta-barrel topology predictor reports individual strand accuracies of 88.6%. The method outlined here represents a potentially important advance in the computational determination of membrane protein topology.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 231-233 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | Bioinformation |
Volume | 1 |
Issue number | 6 |
Early online date | 7 Oct 2006 |
Publication status | Published - 2006 |
Bibliographical note
This is an open-access article, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, for non-commercial purposes, provided the original author and source are credited.Keywords
- beta barrel transmembrane protein
- prokaryotic membrane proteins
- Bayesian networks
- prediction method
- sub-cellular location