Comprotein
Comprotein determines the primary structure of proteins by performing protein sequencing to identify amino acid sequences for genetic and molecular analyses.
Key Features:
- Primary structure determination: Provides computational support to determine the primary structure of proteins.
- Protein sequencing: Performs protein sequencing to establish the linear order of amino acids in polypeptide chains.
- Amino acid resolution: Identifies amino acid sequences within protein chains for downstream functional and interaction studies.
- Genetic information decoding: Leverages bioinformatics techniques to interpret gene-encoded information into amino acid sequence representations.
Scientific Applications:
- Protein function and interaction analysis: Supports studies of protein function and molecular interactions based on primary sequence information.
- Genetics: Aids genetic studies by linking gene sequences to their encoded amino acid sequences.
- Molecular biology: Facilitates molecular biology investigations that require precise protein primary structure data.
- Biochemistry: Enables biochemical analyses that depend on accurate amino acid sequence information.
- Evolution and development (ontogeny): Contributes to evolutionary and developmental studies through comparison of protein primary structures.
Methodology:
Uses computational protein sequencing and bioinformatics techniques to sequence amino acids and decode information encoded within genes.
Details
- Maturity:
- Legacy
- Programming Languages:
- Fortran
- Added:
- 9/25/2025
- Last Updated:
- 9/25/2025
Operations
Data Inputs & Outputs
Protein sequence analysis
Publications
Dayhoff MO, Ledley RS. Comprotein. Proceedings of the December 4-6, 1962, fall joint computer conference on - AFIPS '62 (Fall). 1962. doi:10.1145/1461518.1461546.