3DLigandSite: predicting ligand-binding sites using similar structures

Nucleic Acids Res. 2010 Jul;38(Web Server issue):W469-73. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkq406. Epub 2010 May 31.

Abstract

3DLigandSite is a web server for the prediction of ligand-binding sites. It is based upon successful manual methods used in the eighth round of the Critical Assessment of techniques for protein Structure Prediction (CASP8). 3DLigandSite utilizes protein-structure prediction to provide structural models for proteins that have not been solved. Ligands bound to structures similar to the query are superimposed onto the model and used to predict the binding site. In benchmarking against the CASP8 targets 3DLigandSite obtains a Matthew's correlation co-efficient (MCC) of 0.64, and coverage and accuracy of 71 and 60%, respectively, similar results to our manual performance in CASP8. In further benchmarking using a large set of protein structures, 3DLigandSite obtains an MCC of 0.68. The web server enables users to submit either a query sequence or structure. Predictions are visually displayed via an interactive Jmol applet. 3DLigandSite is available for use at http://www.sbg.bio.ic.ac.uk/3dligandsite.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms
  • Binding Sites
  • Internet
  • Ligands
  • Models, Molecular
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sequence Analysis, Protein
  • Software*
  • Structural Homology, Protein*
  • User-Computer Interface

Substances

  • Ligands