• Proceedings of the Korean Information Science Society Conference
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• 2006.10a
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• pp.17-21
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• 2006

도메인 기반 단백질 상호작용 예측 기법은 지난 몇 년 동안 활발히 연구되어 왔다. 도메인 기반 접근 방법 중에서도 도메인 조합 기반 단백질 상호작용 가능성 순위 부여 기법은 예측 정확도면에서 다른 기법보다 월등한 결과를 보여주고 있다. 그러나 학습 집단을 사용하는 특징 때문에 전체 도메인 정보를 이용할 수 없는 단점이 있다. 또한, 이 시스템은 도메인 정보가 부족하여 다른 기능을 하는 단백질이라도 같은 도메인 정보를 보여주기 때문에 예측 시스템의 결점을 드러내고 있다. 도메인 조합 기반 단백질 상호작용 가능성 순위 부여 기법은 InterPro 데이터베이스의 도메인 정보를 기반으로 사용한다. InterProScan은 InterPro의 여러 멤버 데이터베이스의 정보를 기반으로 Sequence 분석을 하는 소프트웨어로써 검색 후 단계에서 찾아낸 결과들을 e-value를 기반으로 여과한다. 본 논문에서는 제시된 e-value를 조정 방법을 사용함으로써 단백질 내 도메인 패턴의 다양화와 기존 도메인 정보가 없던 단백질의 도메인을 새롭게 발견할 수 있으나 접근 방식의 한계가 존재함을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of Information Processing Systems
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• v.8 no.3
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• pp.459-470
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• 2012

Recently, high-throughput technologies such as the two-hybrid system, protein chip, Mass Spectrometry, and the phage display have furnished a lot of data on protein-protein interactions (PPIs), but the data has not been accurate so far and the quantity has also been limited. In this respect, computational techniques for the prediction and validation of PPIs have been developed. However, existing computational methods do not take into account the fact that a PPI is actually originated from the interactions of domains that each protein contains. So, in this work, the information on domain modules of individual proteins has been employed in order to find out the protein interaction relationship. The system developed here, WASPI (Web-based Assistant System for Protein-protein interaction Inference), has been implemented to provide many functional insights into the protein interactions and their domains. To achieve those objectives, several preprocessing steps have been taken. First, the domain module information of interacting proteins was extracted by taking advantage of the InterPro database, which includes protein families, domains, and functional sites. The InterProScan program was used in this preprocess. Second, the homology comparison with the GO (Gene Ontology) and COG (Clusters of Orthologous Groups) with an E-value of $10^{-5}$, $10^{-3}$ respectively, was employed to obtain the information on the function and annotation of each interacting protein of a secondary PPI database in the WASPI. The BLAST program was utilized for the homology comparison.

• Journal of Plant Biotechnology
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• v.43 no.2
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• pp.204-212
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• 2016

To understand the responses of grapevines in response to cold stress causing the limited growth and development, differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were screened through transcriptome analysis of shoots from 2 grapevine cultivars ('Campbell Early' and 'Muscat Baily A') kept at -$2^{\circ}C$ for 4 days. In gene ontology analysis of DEGs from 'Campbell Early', there were 17,424 clones related with biological process, 28,954 with cellular component, and 6,972 with molecular function genes in response to freezing temperature. The major induced genes included dehydrin xero 1, K-box region and MADS-box transcription factor family protein, and MYB domain protein 36, and inhibited genes included light-harvesting chlorophyll B-binding protein 3, FASCICLIN-like arabinoogalactan 9, and pectin methylesterase 61 in 'Campbell Early' grapevines. In gene ontology analysis of DEGs from 'Muscat Baily A', there were 1,157 clones related with biological process, 1,350 with cellular component, and 431 with molecular function gene. The major induced genes of 'Muscat Baily A' included NB-ARC domain-containing disease resistance protein, fatty acid hydrozylase superfamily, and isopentenyltransferase 3, and inhibited genes included binding, IAP-like protein 1, and pentatricopeptide repeat superfamily protein. All major DEGs were shown to be expressed differentially by freezing temperature in real time-PCR analysis. Protein domain analysis using InterPro Scan revealed that ubiquitin-protein ligase was redundant in both tested grapevines. Transcriptome profile of shoots exposed to cold can provide new insights into the molecular basis of tolerance to low-temperature in grapevines, and can be used as resources for development new grapevines tolerant to coldness.

• Interdisciplinary Bio Central
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• v.4 no.1
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• pp.1.1-1.7
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• 2012

Background: The F-box proteins represent one of the largest families of proteins in eukaryotes. Apart from being a component of the ubiquitin (Ub)/26 S proteasome pathways, their regulatory roles in other cellular and developmental pathways have also been reported. One interesting feature of the genes encoding the proteins of this particular family is their variable selection patterns across different lineages. This resulted in the presence of lineage specific F-box proteins across different species. Findings: In this study, 48 non-redundant F-box proteins in E. siliculosus have been identified by a homology based approach and classified into three classes based on their variable C-terminal domains. A greater number of the F-box proteins have domains similar to the ones identified in other species. On the other hand, when the proteins having unknown or no C-terminal domain (as predicted by InterProScan) were analyzed, it was found that some of them have the polyglutamine repeats. To gain evolutionary insights on the genes encoding the F-box proteins, their selection patterns were analyzed and a strong positive selection was observed which indicated the adaptation potential of the members of this family. Moreover, four lineage specific F-box genes were found in E. siliculosus with no identified homolog in any other species. Conclusions: This study describes a genome wide in silico analysis of the F-box proteins in E. siliculosus which sheds light on their evolutionary patterns. The results presented in this study provide a strong foundation to select candidate sequences for future functional analysis.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.452-455
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• 2007

생명과학 기술의 급속한 발달로 인류 복지 증진에 많은 기여를 하였지만 아직도 각종 질병 등으로 많은 사람들이 고통 받고 있으며, 이를 극복하기 위한 연구 및 기술개발은 세계 각처에서 계속되고 있다. 이러한 연구 및 기술개발의 결과로 산출되는 생명정보 데이터의 양은 기하급수적으로 증가하고 있기에 이런 방대한 양의 생명정보 데이터를 분석하고 분석된 데이터에서 인류 복지에 유용한 정보를 얻기 위한 생명정보학(Bioinformatics)이 등장하게 되었다. 이에, 한국과학기술정보연구원(KISTI)은 IT 기반 생명정보 인프라 구축의 중심기관으로 CCBB(Center for Conputationa Biology & Bioinformatics) 웹사이트를 운영하고 있다. CCBB는 전산학적인 기술을 이용한 생명현상 연구를 지원하기 위하여 21종의 생명정보 콘텐트(DB 및 분석도구)를 수집 분석 구축 제공하고 있다. 이 중에서 GenBank, PDB, PIR, Swiss-prot 등의 데이터베이스는 KISTI에서 개발한 KRISTAL 검색엔진을 통하여 국내에서도 빠르고 쉽게 검색 가능하도록 자체 구축하고 있으며, 이와 더불어 BLAST, FASTA, ClustalW 등의 주요 분석 도구 또한 제공하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 CCBB에서 제공중인 21종의 콘텐트 중에서 GenBank, REBASE, GeneCards, InterProScan 등 4종의 대용량 고효율 생명정보 콘텐트의 소개 및 업데이트 방법에 관한 내용을 기술하고자 한다.

• Restorative Dentistry and Endodontics
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• v.31 no.5
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• pp.378-389
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• 2006

The purpose of this study was to compare the sealing ability of root canal obturation with or without the treatment of smear layer. Eighty extracted human teeth with one canal were selected Instrumentation was performed with crown-down technique. After instrumentation, root canals of the NaOCl group and NaOCl-6 group were irrigated with 3% NaOCl. EDTA group and EDTA-6 group were irrigated with 17% EDTA. Then all teeth were obturated using continuous wane obturation technique NaOCl group and EDTA group were immersed in methylene blue solution for 84hours. NaOCl-6 group and EDTA-6 group were immersed in methylene blue solution for 6months. The teeth were sectioned at 1.5 mn (Level 1), 3.0 mm (Level 2) and 4.5 mm (Level 3) from the root apex. The length of dye-penetrated inter-face and the circumferential length of canal at each level were measured using Sigma-Scan Pro 5.0. 1. The mean leakage ratio was decreased cervically. 2. NaOCl group showed higher mean leakage ratio than EDTA group at each level. But there was significant difference at level 1 only (p < 0.05). 3. NaOCl-6 group showed higher mean leakage ratio than EDTA-6 group at each level. But there was significant difference at level 1 only (p < 0.05). 4. NaOCl-6 group showed higher mean leakage ratio than NaOCl group at each level. But there was significant difference at level 1 only (p < 0.05). 5. EDTA-6 group showed higher mean leakage ratio than EDTA group at each level. But there was no significant difference. 6. In NaOCl group and NaOCl-6 group, scanning electron micrographs of tooth sections generally covered with smear layer. In EDTA group and EDTA-6 group, tooth sections showing the penetration of sealers to opened dentinal tubules. The results suggest that removal of smear layer was effective to reduce the apical microleakage of the root canal.