Abstract
Target selection and ranking is fundamental to structural genomics. We present a Z-score scale, the "OB-Score", to rank potential targets by their predicted propensity to produce diffraction-quality crystals. The OB-Score is derived from a matrix of predicted isoelectric point and hydrophobicity values for nonredundant PDB entries solved to <or=3.0 A against a background of UniRef50. A highly significant difference was found between the OB-Scores for TargetDB test datasets. A wide range of OB-Scores was observed across 241 proteomes and within 7868 PfamA families; 73.4% of PfamA families contain >or=1 member with a high OB-Score, presenting favourable candidates for structural studies.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 4005-4009 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | FEBS Letters |
Volume | 580 |
Issue number | 16 |
Early online date | 16 Jun 2006 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jul 2006 |
Keywords
- Databases, Protein
- Genomics
- Hydrophobic and hydrophilic Interactions
- Isoelectric point
- Proteins
- Statistics as topic