ProPhylER: A curated online resource for protein function and structure based on evolutionary constraint analyses

Jonathan Binkley, Kalpana Karra, Andrew Kirby, Midori Hosobuchi, Eric A. Stone, Arend Sidow*

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Abstract

ProPhylER (Protein Phylogeny and Evolutionary Rates) is a next-generation curated proteome resource that uses comparative sequence analysis to predict constraint and mutation impact for eukaryotic proteins. Its purpose is to inform any research program for which protein function and structure are relevant, by the predictive power of evolutionary constraint analyses. ProPhylER currently has nearly 9000 clusters of related proteins, including more than 200,000 sequences. It serves data via two interfaces. The "ProPhylER Interface" displays predictive analyses in sequence space; the "CrystalPainter" maps evolutionary constraints onto solved protein structures. Here we summarize ProPhylER's data content and analysis pipeline, demonstrate the use of ProPhylER's interfaces, and evaluate ProPhylER's unique regional analysis of evolutionary constraint. The high accuracy of ProPhylER's regional analysis complements the high resolution of its single-site analysis to effectively guide and inform structure-function investigations and predict the impact of polymorphisms.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)142-154
Number of pages13
JournalGenome Research
Volume20
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jan 2010
Externally publishedYes

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