MASCOT: multiple alignment system for protein sequences based on three-way dynamic programming |
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Authors: | Hirosawa, Makoto Hoshida, Masaki Ishikawa, Masato Toya, Tomoyuki |
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Affiliation: | Institute for New Generation Computer Technology (ICOT) 1428 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108, Japan |
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Abstract: | A multiple alignment methodology that can produce high-qualityalignment is extremely important for predicting the structureof unknown proteins. Nearly all the methodologies developedso far have employed two-way alignment only. Although thesemethods are fast, the alignments they produce lose reliabilityas the similarity of sequences reduces. We developed the MASCOTmultiple alignment system. MASCOT can sustain the reliabilityof alignment even when the similarity of sequences is low. MASCOTachieves high-quality alignment by employing three-way alignmentin addition to two-way alignment. The resultant alignments arerefined by simulated annealing to higher quality. We also usea cluster analysis of sequences to produce highly reliable alignments. |
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