MSDmotif: exploring protein sites and motifs
2008
MSDmotif: A Tool for Exploring Protein Sites and Motifs
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Author Information
Author(s): Adel Golovin, Kim Henrick
Primary Institution: EMBL Outstation, The European Bioinformatics Institute
Conclusion
MSDmotif uniquely combines chemical, sequence, and 3D data in a single search engine with various search and visualization options.
Supporting Evidence
- MSDmotif integrates various types of motifs from the Protein Data Bank.
- The tool allows for complex searches combining sequence and structural motifs.
- It provides multiple views of data for better understanding of protein structures.
Takeaway
MSDmotif is a tool that helps scientists find and analyze important parts of proteins, like their shapes and how they interact with other molecules.
Methodology
The study describes the development of a web application that queries the Protein Data Bank (PDB) for ligands, binding sites, and motifs using novel algorithms.
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