Journal article

DUET: A server for predicting effects of mutations on protein stability using an integrated computational approach

DEV Pires, DB Ascher, TL Blundell

Nucleic Acids Research | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2014

Open access

Abstract

Cancer genome and other sequencing initiatives are generating extensive data on non-synonymous single nucleotide polymorphisms (nsSNPs) in human and other genomes. In order to understand the impacts of nsSNPs on the structure and function of the proteome, as well as to guide protein engineering, accurate in silicomethodologies are required to study and predict their effects on protein stability. Despite the diversity of available computational methods in the literature, none has proven accurate and dependable on its own under all scenarios where mutation analysis is required. Here we present DUET, a web server for an integrated computational approach to study missense mutations in proteins. ..

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University of Melbourne Researchers

Grants

Awarded by Winston Churchill Memorial Trust


Funding Acknowledgements

Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil (to D.E.V.P.); NHMRC CJ Martin Fellowship (GNT1072476), Victoria Fellowship from the Victorian Government and the Leslie (Les) J. Fleming Churchill Fellowship from the The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust (to D.B.A.); University of Cambridge and The Wellcome Trust for facilities and support (093167 to T.L.B.). Funding for open access charge: The Wellcome Trust.