title: Proteomics to go: Proteomatic enables the user-friendly creation of versatile MS/MS data evaluation workflows.
abstract: We present Proteomatic, an operating system independent and user-friendly platform that enables the construction and execution of MS/MS data evaluation pipelines using free and commercial software. Required external programs such as for peptide identification are downloaded automatically in the case of free software. Due to a strict separation of functionality and presentation, and support for multiple scripting languages, new processing steps can be added easily.
  
  
  METHODS
  Proteomatic is implemented in C++/Qt, scripts are implemented in Ruby, Python and PHP. All source code is released under the LGPL. Source code and installers for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux are freely available at http://www.proteomatic.org.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  michael.specht@uni-muenster.de
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Plant Biology and Biotechnology, Department of Biology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany. michael.specht@uni-muenster.de
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Specht
authors.forename: Sebastian
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kuhlgert
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Fufezan
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hippler
mesh_terms: D040901:Proteomics / Q000379:methods*; D012984:Software; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry / Q000379:methods*; D014584:User-Computer Interface; D057188:Workflow