BSFinder: Finding Binding Sites in HCV Proteins
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Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is required to run the program.
 
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Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0
 
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Program and Sample Data (version 10/25/2008) Download: times
 
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Prediction Models
 
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Manual of BSFinder

mnu Usage
 
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The program takes a protein in a FASTA or PDB file as input.
 
Eight sample data (in FASTA and PDB files) are available in the "sample data" folder when you uncompress the file
 
downloaded from this web page.
 
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Run "BSFinder.exe".
 

     
 
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You can also write your sequence in the textbox, and then click "Read Sequence".
 
 
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When you run the program on your own data, set property values by loading sequence entropy, conservation and sequence
    profile in the following format. "*" in the entropy/conservation column indicates no known value.
 
The format of sequence profile, sequence entropy and conservation.
 
Sequence profile (sample) Entropy(sample) /Conservation(sample)
PDB ID: Residue Values PDB ID : Residue Values

1A1R: V 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1A1R: E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
1A1R: G 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1A1R: E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0
1A1R: V 98 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1A1R: Q 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 0 0 0

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1RTL: D *
1RTL: K *
1RTL: N *
1RTL: Q 0.028
1RTL: V 0.192
1RTL: E 0.027

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Click the button "Property Values " to get the values of 6 properties (sequence profiles, ASA values, residue propensity,
    hydrophobicity, sequence entropy , and conservation) of amino acids.
 
 
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Click the button "Prediction" to find binding sites. It may take a few minutes to find binding sites. Please click OK to start and wait.
    Prediction results are shown in the Result box.
 
   
 

 
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When you load a pdb file, click the "Binding Pairs " button to see binding residue pairs within a distance of 3.5.
 
dot Tips
 
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If you double click the result box, the result is displayed in a new window.
 
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Some useful files including the dssp file of your input sequence will be generated in the 'Temp' folder.
    You may delete the files if you do not need them.

Contact: Yu Chen (chenyu@inhaian.net) and Kyungsook Han (khan@inha.ac.kr) ,
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Inha University, Incheon, South Korea