Protein sequence analysis based on hydropathy profile of amino acids

J Zhejiang Univ Sci B. 2012 Feb;13(2):152-8. doi: 10.1631/jzus.B1100052.

Abstract

Biology sequence comparison is a fundamental task in computational biology. According to the hydropathy profile of amino acids, a protein sequence is taken as a string with three letters. Three curves of the new protein sequence were defined to describe the protein sequence. A new method to analyze the similarity/dissimilarity of protein sequence was proposed based on the conditional probability of the protein sequence. Finally, the protein sequences of ND6 (NADH dehydrogenase subunit 6) protein of eight species were taken as an example to illustrate the new approach. The results demonstrated that the method is convenient and efficient.

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acids / chemistry*
  • Animals
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Humans
  • NADH Dehydrogenase / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Amino Acids
  • NADH Dehydrogenase