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Abstract Motivation: The coiled coil is a ubiquitous α-helical protein structure domain that directs and facilitates protein–protein interactions in a wide variety of biological processes. At the protein-sequence level, coiled coils are quite straightforward and readily recognized via the conspicuous heptad repeats of hydrophobic and polar residues. However, structurally they are more complicated, existing in a range of oligomer states and topologies. Here, we address the issue of predicting coiled-coil oligomeric state from protein sequence. Results: The predominant coiled-coil oligomer states in Nature are parallel dimers and trimers. Here, we improve and retrain the first-published algorithm, SCORER, that distinguishes these states, and test it against the current standard, MultiCoil. The SCORER algorithm has been revised in two key respects: first, the statistical basis for SCORER is improved markedly. Second, the training set for SCORER has been expanded and updated to include only structurally validated coiled coils. The result is a much-improved oligomer state predictor that outperforms MultiCoil, particularly in assigning oligomer state to short coiled coils, and those that are diverse from the training set. Availability: SCORER 2.0 is available via a web interface at http://coiledcoils.chm.bris.ac.uk/Scorer. Source code, training sets and Supporting Information can be downloaded from the same site. Contact:  coiledcoils-scorer@sympa.bristol.ac.uk; d.n.woolfson@bristol.ac.uk Supplementary information:Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

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Armstrong, C. T., Vincent, T. L., Green, P. J., & Woolfson, D. N. (2011). SCORER 2.0: an algorithm for distinguishing parallel dimeric and trimeric coiled-coil sequences. Bioinformatics, 27(14), 1908–1914.

Authors 4
  1. Craig T. Armstrong (first)
  2. Thomas L. Vincent (additional)
  3. Peter J. Green (additional)
  4. Derek N. Woolfson (additional)
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@article{Armstrong_2011, title={SCORER 2.0: an algorithm for distinguishing parallel dimeric and trimeric coiled-coil sequences}, volume={27}, ISSN={1367-4811}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/bioinformatics/btr299}, DOI={10.1093/bioinformatics/btr299}, number={14}, journal={Bioinformatics}, publisher={Oxford University Press (OUP)}, author={Armstrong, Craig T. and Vincent, Thomas L. and Green, Peter J. and Woolfson, Derek N.}, year={2011}, month=may, pages={1908–1914} }