Background: It has been previously shown that palindromic sequences are frequently observed in proteins. However, our knowledge about their evolutionary origin and their possible ...
Armita Sheari, Mehdi Kargar, Ali Katanforoush, Sha...
Phylogenetic analysis and examination of protein domains allow accurate genome annotation and are invaluable to study proteins and protein complex evolution. However, two sequence...
Blaise T. F. Alako, Daphne Rainey, Harm Nijveen, J...
Background: Because loops connect regular secondary structures, analysis of the former depends directly on the definition of the latter. The numerous assignment methods, however, ...
Laurent Fourrier, Cristina Benros, Alexandre G. de...
Background: There has been an explosion in the number of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) within public databases. In this study we focused on non-synonymous protein coding ...
Richard J. B. Dobson, Patricia B. Munroe, Mark J. ...
Background: PDZ domain is a well-conserved, structural protein domain found in hundreds of signaling proteins that are otherwise unrelated. PDZ domains can bind to the C-terminal ...