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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2018

SpirPep: an in silico digestion-based platform to assist bioactive peptides discovery from a genome-wide database.

Krittima Anekthanakul, Apiradee Hongsthong, Jittisak Senachak, Marasri Ruengjitchatchawalya

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Article in BMC bioinformatics, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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  2. BIOPEP-UWM Database of Bioactive Peptides: Current Opportunities.International journal of molecular sciences · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

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Krittima AnekthanakulBiotechnology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), 49 Soi Thian Thale 25, Bang Khun Thian Chai Thale Rd., Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand.
Apiradee HongsthongBiochemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Research and Development Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 49 Soi Thian Thale 25, Bang Khun Thian Chai Thale Rd., Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand.
Jittisak SenachakBiochemical Engineering and Pilot Plant Research and Development Unit, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 49 Soi Thian Thale 25, Bang Khun Thian Chai Thale Rd., Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand.
Marasri RuengjitchatchawalyaBiotechnology Program, School of Bioresources and Technology, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (Bang Khun Thian), 49 Soi Thian Thale 25, Bang Khun Thian Chai Thale Rd., Tha Kham, Bang Khun Thian, Bangkok, 10150, Thailand. marasri.rue@kmutt.ac.th.ORCID 0000-0003-2872-7757

Funding

Bioinformatics and Systems Biology HRD project, National Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (BIOTEC), NSTDA, Thailand P-11-01089National Research University Project, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi 58000492
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundBioactive peptides, including biological sources-derived peptides with different biological activities, are protein fragments that influence the functions or conditions of organisms, in particular humans and animals. Conventional methods of identifying bioactive peptides are time-consuming and costly. To quicken the processes, several bioinformatics tools are recently used to facilitate screening of the potential peptides prior their activity assessment in vitro and/or in vivo. In this study, we developed an efficient computational method, SpirPep, which offers many advantages over the currently available tools.

resultsThe SpirPep web application tool is a one-stop analysis and visualization facility to assist bioactive peptide discovery. The tool is equipped with 15 customized enzymes and 1-3 miscleavage options, which allows in silico digestion of protein sequences encoded by protein-coding genes from single, multiple, or genome-wide scaling, and then directly classifies the peptides by bioactivity using an in-house database that contains bioactive peptides collected from 13 public databases. With this tool, the resulting peptides are categorized by each selected enzyme, and shown in a tabular format where the peptide sequences can be tracked back to their original proteins. The developed tool and webpages are coded in PHP and HTML with CSS/JavaScript. Moreover, the tool allows protein-peptide alignment visualization by Generic Genome Browser (GBrowse) to display the region and details of the proteins and peptides within each parameter, while considering digestion design for the desirable bioactivity. SpirPep is efficient; it takes less than 20 min to digest 3000 proteins (751,860 amino acids) with 15 enzymes and three miscleavages for each enzyme, and only a few seconds for single enzyme digestion. Obviously, the tool identified more bioactive peptides than that of the benchmarked tool; an example of validated pentapeptide (FLPIL) from LC-MS/MS was demonstrated. The web and database server are available at http://spirpepapp.sbi.kmutt.ac.th .

conclusionSpirPep, a web-based bioactive peptide discovery application, is an in silico-based tool with an overview of the results. The platform is a one-stop analysis and visualization facility; and offers advantages over the currently available tools. This tool may be useful for further bioactivity analysis and the quantitative discovery of desirable peptides.

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Computer SimulationDatabases, ProteinGenomeSoftwareAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsComputational BiologyHumansPeptidesWorkflowPeptidesBioactive peptide discoveryBioactive peptidesGBrowseGenomeIn silicoSpirPep

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PMID29678128
PMCPMC5910554

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