iMembrane: homology-based membrane-insertion of proteins

Bioinformatics. 2009 Apr 15;25(8):1086-8. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp102. Epub 2009 Feb 23.

Abstract

iMembrane is a homology-based method, which predicts a membrane protein's position within a lipid bilayer. It projects the results of coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations onto any membrane protein structure or sequence provided by the user. iMembrane is simple to use and is currently the only computational method allowing the rapid prediction of a membrane protein's lipid bilayer insertion. Bilayer insertion data are essential in the accurate structural modelling of membrane proteins or the design of drugs that target them.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Computational Biology / methods*
  • Databases, Protein
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry
  • Lipid Bilayers / metabolism
  • Membrane Proteins / chemistry*
  • Membrane Proteins / metabolism
  • Models, Molecular
  • Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
  • Software*

Substances

  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Membrane Proteins