Mitoproteome: human heart mitochondrial protein sequence database

Methods Mol Biol. 2007:357:375-83. doi: 10.1385/1-59745-214-9:375.

Abstract

The human mitochondrial proteome database has been developed by deriving data from a combination of public repositories and experimental and computational prediction methods. The experimental data is derived from highly purified mitochondria from human heart tissue, whereas predictions have been performed by MITOPRED, a genome-scale method for the prediction of nucleus-encoded mitochondrial proteins. Mitochondrial protein sequences from different sources have been clustered to generate a nonredundant dataset. Annotations related to the protein function, structure, disease association, pathways, and so on are collected from a number of public databases using commonly used UNIX and Perl scripts. This chapter provides a detailed description of various data sources and methods used to download, curate, parse, and generate meaningful annotations from primary as well as derived databases.

MeSH terms

  • Computational Biology / methods
  • Databases, Protein*
  • Humans
  • Mitochondria, Heart / metabolism*
  • Mitochondrial Proteins / analysis*
  • Proteome / analysis*

Substances

  • Mitochondrial Proteins
  • Proteome