Improved sequence-based prediction of disordered regions with multilayer fusion of multiple information sources.
BACKGROUND
Intrinsically disordered proteins play a crucial role in numerous regulatory processes. Their abundance and ubiquity combined with a relatively low quantity of their annotations motivate research toward the development of computational models that predict disordered regions from protein sequences. Although the prediction quality of these methods continues to rise, novel and improved predictors are urgently needed.


RESULTS
We propose a novel method, named MFDp (Multilayered Fusion-based Disorder predictor), that aims to improve over the current disorder predictors. MFDp is as an ensemble of 3 Support Vector Machines specialized for the prediction of short, long and generic disordered regions. It combines three complementary disorder predictors, sequence, sequence profiles, predicted secondary structure, solvent accessibility, backbone dihedral torsion angles, residue flexibility and B-factors. Our method utilizes a custom-designed set of features that are based on raw predictions and aggregated raw values and recognizes various types of disorder. The MFDp is compared at the residue level on two datasets against eight recent disorder predictors and top-performing methods from the most recent CASP8 experiment. In spite of using training chains with <or=25% similarity to the test sequences, our method consistently and significantly outperforms the other methods based on the MCC index. The MFDp outperforms modern disorder predictors for the binary disorder assignment and provides competitive real-valued predictions. The MFDp's outputs are also shown to outperform the other methods in the identification of proteins with long disordered regions.


BACKGROUND
http://biomine.ece.ualberta.ca/MFDp.html.
Mizianty
Marcin J
MJ
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada.
Stach
Wojciech
W
Chen
Ke
K
Kedarisetti
Kanaka Durga
KD
Disfani
Fatemeh Miri
FM
Kurgan
Lukasz
L
D000465:Algorithms; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001483:Base Sequence; D030562:Databases, Protein; D017433:Protein Structure, Secondary; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012984:Software
D011506:Proteins
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