MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 3D PROTEINS STRUCTURE

Virginio Cantoni, Riccardo Gatti, Luca Lombardi

2011

Abstract

The study of the 3D structure of proteins supports the investigation of their functions and represents an initial step towards protein based drug design. The goal of this paper is to define a technique, based on the geometrical and topological structure of protein surfaces, for the detection and the analysis of sites of possible protein-protein and protein-ligand interactions. In particular, the aims is to identify concave and convex regions which constitute ‘pockets’ and ‘protuberance’ that can make up the interactions ‘active sites’. A segmentation process is applied to the solvent-excluded-surface (SES) through a sequence of propagation steps applied to the region between the protein convex-hull and the SES: the first phase generates the pockets (and tunnels) set, meanwhile the second (backwards) produces the protrusions set.

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Cantoni V., Gatti R. and Lombardi L. (2011). MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 3D PROTEINS STRUCTURE . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011) ISBN 978-989-8425-36-2, pages 15-21. DOI: 10.5220/0003127000150021


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@conference{bioinformatics11,
author={Virginio Cantoni and Riccardo Gatti and Luca Lombardi},
title={MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 3D PROTEINS STRUCTURE},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011)},
year={2011},
pages={15-21},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003127000150021},
isbn={978-989-8425-36-2},
}


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TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Bioinformatics Models, Methods and Algorithms - Volume 1: BIOINFORMATICS, (BIOSTEC 2011)
TI - MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF 3D PROTEINS STRUCTURE
SN - 978-989-8425-36-2
AU - Cantoni V.
AU - Gatti R.
AU - Lombardi L.
PY - 2011
SP - 15
EP - 21
DO - 10.5220/0003127000150021