RAId_DbS: mass-spectrometry based peptide identification web server with knowledge integration
2008

RAId_DbS: A Web Server for Peptide Identification

publication Evidence: moderate

Author Information

Author(s): Alves Gelio, Ogurtsov Aleksey Y, Yu Yi-Kuo

Primary Institution: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA

Hypothesis

Integrating biological information with peptide identification can enhance the identification of disease markers.

Conclusion

The study successfully constructed enhanced databases for 17 organisms, improving peptide identification through integrated knowledge.

Supporting Evidence

  • The study integrated various biological data sources to enhance peptide identification.
  • RAId_DbS allows users to search for novel polymorphisms and disease associations.
  • The tool was designed to minimize redundancy in protein sequence searches.

Takeaway

This study created a tool that helps scientists find proteins related to diseases by combining different types of biological information.

Methodology

The study involved constructing a protein database that integrates annotated single amino acid polymorphisms, post-translational modifications, and their disease associations.

Limitations

The tool may increase false positives due to a larger search space when including SAPs and PTMs.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1186/1471-2164-9-505

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