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TARGET-PATHOGEN

General information

URL: http://target.sbg.qb.fcen.uba.ar/patho
Full name: Target-Pathogen database
Description: Target-Pathogen database is designed and developed as an online resource that allows the integration and weighting of protein information such as: function, metabolic role, off-targeting, structural properties including druggability, essentiality and omic experiments, to facilitate the identification and prioritization of candidate drug targets in pathogens.
Year founded: 2018
Last update:
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Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: Argentina

Contact information

University/Institution: University City
Address: IQUIBICEN-CONICET, University City, Pabellón 2, C1428EHA, Buenos aires city, Argentina
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Province/State:
Country/Region: Argentina
Contact name (PI/Team): Darío Fernández Do Porto
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): dariofd@gmail.com

Publications

29106651
Target-Pathogen: a structural bioinformatic approach to prioritize drug targets in pathogens. [PMID: 29106651]
Sosa EJ, Burguener G, Lanzarotti E, Defelipe L, Radusky L, Pardo AM, Marti M, Turjanski AG, Fernández Do Porto D.

Available genomic data for pathogens has created new opportunities for drug discovery and development to fight them, including new resistant and multiresistant strains. In particular structural data must be integrated with both, gene information and experimental results. In this sense, there is a lack of an online resource that allows genome wide-based data consolidation from diverse sources together with thorough bioinformatic analysis that allows easy filtering and scoring for fast target selection for drug discovery. Here, we present Target-Pathogen database (http://target.sbg.qb.fcen.uba.ar/patho), designed and developed as an online resource that allows the integration and weighting of protein information such as: function, metabolic role, off-targeting, structural properties including druggability, essentiality and omic experiments, to facilitate the identification and prioritization of candidate drug targets in pathogens. We include in the database 10 genomes of some of the most relevant microorganisms for human health (Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Mycobacterium leprae, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Plasmodium vivax, Toxoplasma gondii, Leishmania major, Wolbachia bancrofti, Trypanosoma brucei, Shigella dysenteriae and Schistosoma Smanosoni) and show its applicability. New genomes can be uploaded upon request.

Nucleic Acids Res. 2018:46(D1) | 35 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)

Ranking

All databases:
2449/6895 (64.496%)
Gene genome and annotation:
768/2021 (62.048%)
Genotype phenotype and variation:
358/1005 (64.478%)
Expression:
504/1347 (62.658%)
Structure:
342/967 (64.736%)
Pathway:
151/451 (66.741%)
Health and medicine:
610/1738 (64.96%)
Metadata:
239/719 (66.898%)
2449
Total Rank
34
Citations
4.857
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Created on: 2018-01-28
Curated by:
Sidra Younas [2018-04-17]
Yang Zhang [2018-01-28]