How to find Protein Tandem Repeats | RepeatsDB | Dr. Muhammad Naveed

Описание: RepeatsDB (http://repeatsdb.bio.unipd.it/) is a database of annotated tandem repeat protein structures. Tandem repeats pose a difficult problem for the analysis of protein structures, as the underlying sequence can be highly degenerate. Several repeat types haven been studied over the years, but their annotation was done in a case-by-case basis, thus making large-scale analysis difficult. We developed RepeatsDB to fill this gap. Using state-of-the-art repeat detection methods and manual curation, we systematically annotated the Protein Data Bank, predicting 10 745 repeat structures. In all, 2797 structures were classified according to a recently proposed classification schema, which was expanded to accommodate new findings. In addition, detailed annotations were performed in a subset of 321 proteins. These annotations feature information on start and end positions for the repeat regions and units. RepeatsDB is an ongoing effort to systematically classify and annotate structural protein repeats in a consistent way. It provides users with the possibility to access and download high-quality datasets either interactively or programmatically through web services.

About Dr. Muhammad Naveed
Dr. Muhammad Naveed obtained PhD degree in Biotechnology (Genomics & Bioinformatics) from QAU, Islamabad with distinction. He has won PhD indigenous & IRSIP scholarships from HEC. He has done Pre-Doc research from University of Ghent, Belgium. HEC awarded best PhD (IRSIP) Scholar of the year 2013 & QAU honoured him as “Distinguished Alumni” in 2017. He is doing research in Bioinformatics & Molecular Biotechnology. He has supervised 25 MSc., 30 MPhil. & 01 PhDs. He has published 51 research articles, 01 book and 03 book chapters. He has been awarded distinguished “Researcher of the Years (2016, 2018 & 2019)” by UoG and UCP.
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