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11 <strong>Function</strong> Predictions of Structural Genomics Results 289ProFunc server <strong>with</strong> results on all MCSG structures being s<strong>to</strong>red for future analysisand comparison. Neither of these issues is trivial and will require careful constructionif the datasets are <strong>to</strong> be used in future <strong>to</strong> assess and compare methods.In order <strong>to</strong> maximise the chances of detecting the correct function, there hasbeen a move <strong>to</strong>wards the development of combina<strong>to</strong>rial methods, which aim <strong>to</strong> utiliseas much information as possible. The integration of existing bioinformaticstechniques has been in direct response <strong>to</strong> the large numbers of proteins beingreleased <strong>with</strong> little or no functional annotation. One of the great challenges facingprotein function prediction is the incorporation of data and analyses from all areasof biological sciences, and as the amount of information available rises the recentmoves <strong>to</strong>wards community-wide annotation projects are likely <strong>to</strong> be pivotal in helpingprovide deeper biological insights.Acknowledgements The authors would like <strong>to</strong> thank Roman Laskowski and Vicky Schneider fortheir useful comments on this chapter.ReferencesAdams MA, Jia Z (2006) Modula<strong>to</strong>r of Drug Activity B from Escherichia coli: crystal structureof a prokaryotic homologue of DT-diaphorase. J Mol Biol 359:455–465Adams MA, Suits MD, Zheng J, et al. (2007) Piecing <strong>to</strong>gether the structure-function puzzle:experiences in structure-based functional annotation of hypothetical proteins. Proteomics7:2920–2932Aravind L, Anantharaman V, Balaji S, et al. (2005) The many faces of the helix-turn-helix domain:transcription regulation and beyond. FEMS Microbiol Rev 29:231–262Binkowski, TA, Freeman P, Liang J (2004) pvSOAR: detecting similar surface patterns of pocketand void surfaces of amino acid residues on proteins. Nucleic Acids Res 32: W555–W558Boocock GR, Morrison JA, Popovic M, et al. (2003) Mutations in SBDS are associated <strong>with</strong>Shwachman-Diamond syndrome. Nat Genet 33:97–101Fox BG, Goulding C, Malkowski MG, et al. (2008) Structural genomics: from genes <strong>to</strong> structures<strong>with</strong> valuable materials and many questions in between. Nat Methods 5:129–132Giles J (2007) Key biology databases go wiki. Nature 445: 691Glaser F, Morris RJ, Najmanovich RJ, et al. (2006) A method for localizing ligand binding pocketsin protein structures. <strong>Protein</strong>s 62:479–488Hermann JC, Marti-Arbona R, Fedorov AA, et al. (2007) <strong>Structure</strong>-based activity prediction foran enzyme of unknown function. Nature 448:775–779Holm L, Sander C (1995) Dali: a network <strong>to</strong>ol for protein structure comparison. Trends BiochemSci 20:478–480Hsu SK, Lin LL, Lo HH, et al. (2004) Mutational analysis of feedback inhibition and catalyticsites of prephenate dehydratase from Corynebacterium glutamicum. Arch Microbiol181:237–244Huang L, Hung LW, Odell M, et al. (2002) <strong>Structure</strong>-based experimental confirmation of biochemicalfunction <strong>to</strong> a methyltransferase, MJ0882, from hyperthermophile Methanococcusjannaschii. J Struct Funct Genomics 2:121–127Hwang KY, Chung JH, Kim S-H, et al. (1999) <strong>Structure</strong>-based identification of a novel NTPasefrom Methanococcus jannaschii. Nat Struct Biol 6:691–696Kim KK, Kim R, Kim S-H (1998) Crystal structure of a small heat shock protein. Nature394:595–599

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