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CHOPIN: a web resource for the structural and functional proteome of Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


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Authors

Ochoa-Montaño, Bernardo 
Mohan, Nishita 
Blundell, Tom L 

Abstract

Tuberculosis kills more than a million people annually and presents increasingly high levels of resistance against current first line drugs. Structural information about Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) proteins is a valuable asset for the development of novel drugs and for understanding the biology of the bacterium; however, only about 10% of the ∼4000 proteins have had their structures determined experimentally. The CHOPIN database assigns structural domains and generates homology models for 2911 sequences, corresponding to ∼73% of the proteome. A sophisticated pipeline allows multiple models to be created using conformational states characteristic of different oligomeric states and ligand binding, such that the models reflect various functional states of the proteins. Additionally, CHOPIN includes structural analyses of mutations potentially associated with drug resistance. Results are made available at the web interface, which also serves as an automatically updated repository of all published Mtb experimental structures. Its RESTful interface allows direct and flexible access to structures and metadata via intuitive URLs, enabling easy programmatic use of the models.

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Keywords

Animals, Bacterial Proteins, Databases, Genetic, Drug Resistance, Bacterial, Humans, Models, Biological, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Protein Structure, Tertiary, Proteome, Tuberculosis

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Database (Oxford)

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Journal ISSN

1758-0463
1758-0463

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Publisher

Oxford University Press (OUP)
Sponsorship
Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BB/I024984/1)
This work was supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (RG60453). University of Cambridge for facilities and support [to TLB]. Funding for open access charge: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.