TY - JOUR
T1 - Large scale identification and categorization of protein sequences using structured logistic regression
AU - Pedersen, Bjørn Panella
AU - Ifrim, Georgiana
AU - Liboriussen, Poul
AU - Axelsen, Kristian B
AU - Palmgren, Michael Broberg
AU - Nissen, Poul
AU - Wiuf, Carsten Henrik
AU - Pedersen, Christian N S
PY - 2014/1/20
Y1 - 2014/1/20
N2 - Background: Structured Logistic Regression (SLR) is a newly developed machine learning tool first proposed in the context of text categorization. Current availability of extensive protein sequence databases calls for an automated method to reliably classify sequences and SLR seems well-suited for this task. The classification of P-type ATPases, a large family of ATP-driven membrane pumps transporting essential cations, was selected as a test-case that would generate important biological information as well as provide a proof-of-concept for the application of SLR to a large scale bioinformatics problem. Results: Using SLR, we have built classifiers to identify and automatically categorize P-type ATPases into one of 11 predefined classes. The SLR-classifiers are compared to a Hidden Markov Model approach and shown to be highly accurate and scalable. Representing the bulk of currently known sequences, we analysed 9.3 million sequences in the UniProtKB and attempted to classify a large number of P-type ATPases. To examine the distribution of pumps on organisms, we also applied SLR to 1,123 complete genomes from the Entrez genome database. Finally, we analysed the predicted membrane topology of the identified P-type ATPases. Conclusions: Using the SLR-based classification tool we are able to run a large scale study of P-type ATPases. This study provides proof-of-concept for the application of SLR to a bioinformatics problem and the analysis of P-type ATPases pinpoints new and interesting targets for further biochemical characterization and structural analysis.
AB - Background: Structured Logistic Regression (SLR) is a newly developed machine learning tool first proposed in the context of text categorization. Current availability of extensive protein sequence databases calls for an automated method to reliably classify sequences and SLR seems well-suited for this task. The classification of P-type ATPases, a large family of ATP-driven membrane pumps transporting essential cations, was selected as a test-case that would generate important biological information as well as provide a proof-of-concept for the application of SLR to a large scale bioinformatics problem. Results: Using SLR, we have built classifiers to identify and automatically categorize P-type ATPases into one of 11 predefined classes. The SLR-classifiers are compared to a Hidden Markov Model approach and shown to be highly accurate and scalable. Representing the bulk of currently known sequences, we analysed 9.3 million sequences in the UniProtKB and attempted to classify a large number of P-type ATPases. To examine the distribution of pumps on organisms, we also applied SLR to 1,123 complete genomes from the Entrez genome database. Finally, we analysed the predicted membrane topology of the identified P-type ATPases. Conclusions: Using the SLR-based classification tool we are able to run a large scale study of P-type ATPases. This study provides proof-of-concept for the application of SLR to a bioinformatics problem and the analysis of P-type ATPases pinpoints new and interesting targets for further biochemical characterization and structural analysis.
U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0085139
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0085139
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 24465495
SN - 1932-6203
VL - 9
JO - PLoS Computational Biology
JF - PLoS Computational Biology
IS - 1
M1 - e85139
ER -