MimoDB: a New Repository for Mimotope Data Derived from Phage Display Technology

Peptides selected from phage-displayed random peptide libraries are valuable in two aspects. On one hand, these peptides are candidates for new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. On the other hand, they can be used to predict the networks or sites of protein-protein interactions. MimoDB, a new...

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Main Authors: Xianlong Wang, Hui Ding, Hao Lin, Feng-Biao Guo, Shiyong Li, Zhongkui Xia, Ping Dai, Jian Huang, Beibei Ru
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2010-11-01
Series:Molecules
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/1420-3049/15/11/8279/
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Summary:Peptides selected from phage-displayed random peptide libraries are valuable in two aspects. On one hand, these peptides are candidates for new diagnostics, therapeutics and vaccines. On the other hand, they can be used to predict the networks or sites of protein-protein interactions. MimoDB, a new repository for these peptides, was developed, in which 10,716 peptides collected from 571 publications were grouped into 1,229 sets. Besides peptide sequences, other important information, such as the target, template, library and complex structure, was also included. MimoDB can be browsed and searched through a user-friendly web interface. For computational biologists, MimoDB can be used to derive customized data sets and benchmarks, which are useful for new algorithm development and tool evaluation. For experimental biologists, their results can be searched against the MimoDB database to exclude possible target-unrelated peptides. The MimoDB database is freely accessible at http://immunet.cn/mimodb/.
ISSN:1420-3049