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ProNet

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URL: https://proj.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/aihlab/pronet/
Full name: ProNet
Description: ProNet DB is a comprehensive database dedicated to detailing protein surface features. This extensive resource encompasses physicochemical representations and RNA-binding landscapes for over 326,175 protein structures, including those from 16 model organisms within the AlphaFold DB and PDB.
Year founded: 2024
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Version: v1.0
Accessibility:
Accessible
Country/Region: China

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University/Institution: The Chinese University of Hong Kong
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City: Hong Kong
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Country/Region: China
Contact name (PI/Team): Prof. Yu Li(李煜)
Contact email (PI/Helpdesk): liyu@cse.cuhk.edu.hk

Publications

38557634
ProNet DB: a proteome-wise database for protein surface property representations and RNA-binding profiles. [PMID: 38557634]
Junkang Wei, Jin Xiao, Siyuan Chen, Licheng Zong, Xin Gao, Yu Li

The rapid growth in the number of experimental and predicted protein structures and more complicated protein structures poses a significant challenge for computational biology in leveraging structural information and accurate representation of protein surface properties. Recently, AlphaFold2 released the comprehensive proteomes of various species, and protein surface property representation plays a crucial role in protein-molecule interaction predictions, including those involving proteins, nucleic acids and compounds. Here, we proposed the first extensive database, namely ProNet DB, that integrates multiple protein surface representations and RNA-binding landscape for 326 175 protein structures. This collection encompasses the 16 model organism proteomes from the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database and experimentally validated structures from the Protein Data Bank. For each protein, ProNet DB provides access to the original protein structures along with the detailed surface property representations encompassing hydrophobicity, charge distribution and hydrogen bonding potential as well as interactive features such as the interacting face and RNA-binding sites and preferences. To facilitate an intuitive interpretation of these properties and the RNA-binding landscape, ProNet DB incorporates visualization tools like Mol* and an Online 3D Viewer, allowing for the direct observation and analysis of these representations on protein surfaces. The availability of pre-computed features enables instantaneous access for users, significantly advancing computational biology research in areas such as molecular mechanism elucidation, geometry-based drug discovery and the development of novel therapeutic approaches. Database URL:  https://proj.cse.cuhk.edu.hk/aihlab/pronet/.

Database (Oxford). 2024:2024() | 2 Citations (from Europe PMC, 2025-12-20)

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5358/6895 (22.306%)
Structure:
736/967 (23.992%)
Gene genome and annotation:
1632/2021 (19.297%)
5358
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Created on: 2024-07-16
Curated by:
Miaomiao Wang [2024-08-24]
shaosen zhang [2024-07-23]
shaosen zhang [2024-07-18]
Shiting Wang [2024-07-16]