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Protein Sequences as Literature Text

โœ Scribed by Valentina V. Vasilevskaya; Leonid V. Gusev; Alexei R. Khokhlov

Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
2006
Tongue
English
Weight
203 KB
Volume
15
Category
Article
ISSN
1022-1344

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Abstract

Summary: We have performed analysis of protein sequences treating them as texts written in a โ€œproteinโ€ language. We have shown that repeating patterns (words) of various lengths can be identified in these sequences. It was found that the maximum word lengths are different for proteins belonging to different classes; therefore, the corresponding values can be used to characterize the protein type. The suggested technique was first applied to analyze (decompose into words) normal (literature) texts written as a gapless symbolic sequence without spaces and punctuation marks. The tests using fiction, scientific, and popular scientific English texts proved the relative efficiency of the technique.

Maximum word length for various proteins: โ€”fibrillar proteins, โ€”globular proteins, โ€”membrane proteins.

magnified imageMaximum word length for various proteins: โ€”fibrillar proteins, โ€”globular proteins, โ€”membrane proteins.

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