SOSUI: classification and secondary structure prediction system for membrane proteins

T Hirokawa; S Boon-Chieng; S Mitaku

doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/14.4.378

SOSUI: classification and secondary structure prediction system for membrane proteins

Bioinformatics. 1998;14(4):378-9. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/14.4.378.

Authors

T Hirokawa¹, S Boon-Chieng, S Mitaku

Affiliation

¹ Department of Biotechnology, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo 184, Japan.

PMID: 9632836
DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/14.4.378

Abstract

The system SOSUI for the discrimination of membrane proteins and soluble ones together with the prediction of transmembrane helices was developed, in which the accuracy of the classification of proteins was 99% and the corresponding value for the transmembrane helix prediction was 97%.

Availability: The system SOSUI is available through internet access: http://www.tuat.ac.jp/mitaku/sosui/.

Contact: sosui@biophys.bio.tuat. ac.jp.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Computer Communication Networks*
Data Display
Membrane Proteins / classification*
Protein Structure, Secondary*
Software*

Substances

Membrane Proteins