J 2024

AggreProt: a web server for predicting and engineering aggregation prone regions in proteins

PLANAS IGLESIAS, Joan; Simeon BORKO; Jan SWIATKOWSKI; Matej ELIAS; Martin HAVLÁSEK et al.

Basic information

Original name

AggreProt: a web server for predicting and engineering aggregation prone regions in proteins

Authors

PLANAS IGLESIAS, Joan; Simeon BORKO; Jan SWIATKOWSKI; Matej ELIAS; Martin HAVLÁSEK; Ondrej SALAMON; Ekaterina GRAKOVA; Antonín KUNKA; Tomas MARTINOVIC; Jiří DAMBORSKÝ; Jan MARTINOVIC and David BEDNÁŘ

Edition

Nucleic Acids Research, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2024, 0305-1048

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Article in a journal

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

is not subject to a state or trade secret

References:

URL

Marked to be transferred to RIV

Yes

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14310/24:00136705

Organization

Přírodovědecká fakulta – Repository – Repository

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkae420

UT WoS

001233323700001

EID Scopus

2-s2.0-85197771239

Keywords in English

SECONDARY STRUCTURE; BETA; DATABASE; DESIGN

Links

EF17_043/0009632, research and development project. LM2018140, research and development project. LM2023055, research and development project. LM2023069, research and development project. LX22NPO5107, research and development project. 857560, interní kód Repo. e-INFRA CZ II, large research infrastructures.
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Abstract

In the original language

Recombinant proteins play pivotal roles in numerous applications including industrial biocatalysts or therapeutics. Despite the recent progress in computational protein structure prediction, protein solubility and reduced aggregation propensity remain challenging attributes to design. Identification of aggregation-prone regions is essential for understanding misfolding diseases or designing efficient protein-based technologies, and as such has a great socio-economic impact. Here, we introduce AggreProt, a user-friendly webserver that automatically exploits an ensemble of deep neural networks to predict aggregation-prone regions (APRs) in protein sequences. Trained on experimentally evaluated hexapeptides, AggreProt compares to or outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms on two independent benchmark datasets. The server provides per-residue aggregation profiles along with information on solvent accessibility and transmembrane propensity within an intuitive interface with interactive sequence and structure viewers for comprehensive analysis. We demonstrate AggreProt efficacy in predicting differential aggregation behaviours in proteins on several use cases, which emphasize its potential for guiding protein engineering strategies towards decreased aggregation propensity and improved solubility. The webserver is freely available and accessible at https://loschmidt.chemi.muni.cz/aggreprot/.
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