The ConSurf-HSSP database: the mapping of evolutionary conservation among homologs onto PDB structures
- PMID: 15614759
- DOI: 10.1002/prot.20305
The ConSurf-HSSP database: the mapping of evolutionary conservation among homologs onto PDB structures
Abstract
The HSSP (Homology-Derived Secondary Structure of Proteins) database provides multiple sequence alignments (MSAs) for proteins of known three-dimensional (3D) structure in the Protein Data Bank (PDB). The database also contains an estimate of the degree of evolutionary conservation at each amino acid position. This estimate, which is based on the relative entropy, correlates with the functional importance of the position; evolutionarily conserved positions (i.e., positions with limited variability and low entropy) are occasionally important to maintain the 3D structure and biological function(s) of the protein. We recently developed the Rate4Site algorithm for scoring amino acid conservation based on their calculated evolutionary rate. This algorithm takes into account the phylogenetic relationships between the homologs and the stochastic nature of the evolutionary process. Here we present the ConSurf-HSSP database of Rate4Site estimates of the evolutionary rates of the amino acid positions, calculated using HSSP's MSAs. The database provides precalculated evolutionary rates for nearly all of the PDB. These rates are projected, using a color code, onto the protein structure, and can be viewed online using the ConSurf server interface. To exemplify the database, we analyzed in detail the conservation pattern obtained for pyruvate kinase and compared the results with those observed using the relative entropy scores of the HSSP database. It is reassuring to know that the main functional region of the enzyme is detectable using both conservation scores. Interestingly, the ConSurf-HSSP calculations mapped additional functionally important regions, which are moderately conserved and were overlooked by the original HSSP estimate. The ConSurf-HSSP database is available online (http://consurf-hssp.tau.ac.il).
(c) 2004 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
Similar articles
-
The ConSurf-DB: pre-calculated evolutionary conservation profiles of protein structures.Nucleic Acids Res. 2009 Jan;37(Database issue):D323-7. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn822. Epub 2008 Oct 29. Nucleic Acids Res. 2009. PMID: 18971256 Free PMC article.
-
Building multiple sequence alignments with a flavor of HSSP alignments.Genet Mol Res. 2006 Mar 31;5(1):127-37. Genet Mol Res. 2006. PMID: 16755504
-
In silico identification of functional regions in proteins.Bioinformatics. 2005 Jun;21 Suppl 1:i328-37. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/bti1023. Bioinformatics. 2005. PMID: 15961475
-
Comparison of ARM and HEAT protein repeats.J Mol Biol. 2001 May 25;309(1):1-18. doi: 10.1006/jmbi.2001.4624. J Mol Biol. 2001. PMID: 11491282 Review.
-
Scoring residue conservation.Proteins. 2002 Aug 1;48(2):227-41. doi: 10.1002/prot.10146. Proteins. 2002. PMID: 12112692 Review.
Cited by
-
A maximum likelihood framework for protein design.BMC Bioinformatics. 2006 Jun 29;7:326. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-7-326. BMC Bioinformatics. 2006. PMID: 16808841 Free PMC article.
-
Design of multi-specificity in protein interfaces.PLoS Comput Biol. 2007 Aug;3(8):e164. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.0030164. Epub 2007 Jul 5. PLoS Comput Biol. 2007. PMID: 17722975 Free PMC article.
-
Mechanisms responsible for a PhiX174 mutant's ability to infect Escherichia coli by phosphorylation.J Virol. 2010 May;84(9):4860-3. doi: 10.1128/JVI.00047-10. Epub 2010 Feb 10. J Virol. 2010. PMID: 20147402 Free PMC article.
-
A survey of available tools and web servers for analysis of protein-protein interactions and interfaces.Brief Bioinform. 2009 May;10(3):217-32. doi: 10.1093/bib/bbp001. Epub 2009 Feb 24. Brief Bioinform. 2009. PMID: 19240123 Free PMC article.
-
Algorithmic approaches to protein-protein interaction site prediction.Algorithms Mol Biol. 2015 Feb 15;10:7. doi: 10.1186/s13015-015-0033-9. eCollection 2015. Algorithms Mol Biol. 2015. PMID: 25713596 Free PMC article.
Publication types
MeSH terms
Substances
LinkOut - more resources
Full Text Sources