title: AAindex: amino acid index database, progress report 2008.
abstract: AAindex is a database of numerical indices representing various physicochemical and biochemical properties of amino acids and pairs of amino acids. We have added a collection of protein contact potentials to the AAindex as a new section. Accordingly AAindex consists of three sections now: AAindex1 for the amino acid index of 20 numerical values, AAindex2 for the amino acid substitution matrix and AAindex3 for the statistical protein contact potentials. All data are derived from published literature. The database can be accessed through the DBGET/LinkDB system at GenomeNet (http://www.genome.jp/dbget-bin/www_bfind?aaindex) or downloaded by anonymous FTP (ftp://ftp.genome.jp/pub/db/community/aaindex/).
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Genome Database, Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, 4-6-1 Shirokane-dai Minato-ku Tokyo 108-8639, Japan. shuichi@hgc.jp
authors.forename: Shuichi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kawashima
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pokarowski
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pokarowska
authors.forename: Andrzej
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kolinski
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katayama
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kanehisa
mesh_terms: D000596:Amino Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D030562:Databases, Protein; D020407:Internet; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D000596:Amino Acids; D011506:Proteins