SynechoNET: integrated protein-protein interaction database of a model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803

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Title
SynechoNET: integrated protein-protein interaction database of a model cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803
Author(s)
Woo-Yeon Kim; Sung Soo Kang; Byoung Chul Kim; J Oh; Seongwoong Cho; Jong Bhak; J S Choi
Bibliographic Citation
BMC Bioinformatics, vol. 9, no. Sup1, pp. S20-S20
Publication Year
2008
Abstract
Background: Cyanobacteria are model organisms for studying photosynthesis, carbon and nitrogen assimilation, evolution of plant plastids, and adaptability to environmental stresses. Despite many studies on cyanobacteria, there is no web-based database of their regulatory and signaling protein-protein interaction networks to date. Description: We report a database and website SynechoNET that provides predicted protein-protein interactions. SynechoNET shows cyanobacterial domain-domain interactions as well as their protein-level interactions using the model cyanobacterium, Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. It predicts the protein-protein interactions using public interaction databases that contain mutually complementary and redundant data. Furthermore, SynechoNET provides information on transmembrane topology, signal peptide, and domain structure in order to support the analysis of regulatory membrane proteins. Such biological information can be queried and visualized in user-friendly web interfaces that include the interactive network viewer and search pages by keyword and functional category. Conclusion: SynechoNET is an integrated protein-protein interaction database designed to analyze regulatory membrane proteins in cyanobacteria. It provides a platform for biologists to extend the genomic data of cyanobacteria by predicting interaction partners, membrane association, and membrane topology of Synechocystis proteins. SynechoNET is freely available at http://synechocystis.org/ or directly at http://bioportal.kobic.kr/SynechoNET/.
ISSN
1471-2105
Publisher
Springer-BMC
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2105-9-S1-S20
Type
Article
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