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  • Structural biology
  • Bioinformatics
  • Computational biology

Background:

  • Accurate protein structure prediction is crucial for biological understanding and biomedical research.
  • Keeping protein structure models synchronized with evolving sequence databases is a significant challenge.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce AlphaSync, a resource complementing the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database.
  • To provide up-to-date, UniProt-synchronized protein structural models and annotations.

Main Methods:

  • Developed AlphaSync (alphasync.stjude.org) to synchronize protein structure models with UniProt.
  • Generated 2.6 million structural models for updated proteins and isoforms across 925 species.
  • Achieved complete proteome coverage for 42 key species.

Main Results:

  • AlphaSync offers 2.6 million UniProt-synchronized structural models, including predictions for 40,016 updated proteins.
  • Provides complete, up-to-date proteome coverage for 42 species, including humans and pathogens.
  • Includes residue-level annotations (solvent accessibility, disorder) and over 4.7 billion atom-level noncovalent contacts.

Conclusions:

  • AlphaSync facilitates protein structure-function relationship studies and variant assessment.
  • Enables large-scale and detailed protein research through up-to-date models and annotations.
  • Supports machine learning tasks such as protein design with comprehensive data.