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Predicting and improving the protein sequence alignment quality by support vector regression.

Minho Lee1, Chan-seok Jeong, Dongsup Kim

  • 1Department of Bio and Brain Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, Daejeon, Republic of Korea. MinhoLee@kaist.edu

BMC Bioinformatics
|December 7, 2007
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This study introduces a novel method to predict protein sequence alignment quality, crucial for accurate protein structure prediction. The approach improves alignment selection, enhancing the reliability of comparative modeling in bioinformatics.

Area of Science:

  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational Biology
  • Structural Biology

Background:

  • Accurate protein structure prediction via comparative modeling relies heavily on precise sequence alignment between query and template proteins.
  • Alignment accuracy is sensitive to parameter choices (e.g., gap penalties), with no universal settings guaranteeing optimal results.
  • Evaluating alignment accuracy without the query protein's known structure is a significant challenge in structure prediction.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a method for predicting the quality of sequence alignments between query and template proteins.
  • To enable the selection of optimal alignment parameters tailored to specific query-template pairs.
  • To enhance the accuracy and reliability of protein structure prediction through improved sequence alignment.

Main Methods:

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  • Utilized Support Vector Regression (SVR) models trained to predict MaxSub scores, a measure of alignment quality.
  • Transformed protein-template alignments into (n+1)-dimensional feature vectors for SVR input.
  • Generated 48 different alignments per query-template pair by varying alignment parameters.

Main Results:

  • Achieved a high Pearson correlation coefficient of 0.945 between observed and predicted MaxSub scores.
  • The adaptive selection of alignment parameters based on predicted quality yielded a 7.4% improvement in MaxSub scores.
  • Demonstrated the ability to select the best alignment option specific to each query-template pair.

Conclusions:

  • Alignment quality can be predicted with high accuracy, aiding in the selection of optimal alignment parameters.
  • The method effectively filters unsuitable templates by identifying poor alignment accuracy.
  • This approach is integrated into the FORECAST server for fold-recognition, offering a freely available tool.