Computational Prediction of Carbohydrate‐Binding Proteins and Binding Sites

Protein‐carbohydrate interaction is essential for biological systems, and carbohydrate‐binding proteins (CBPs) are important targets when designing antiviral and anticancer drugs. Due to the high cost and difficulty associated with experimental approaches, many computational methods have been developed as complementary approaches to predict CBPs or carbohydrate‐binding sites. However, most of these computational methods are not publicly available. Here, we provide a comprehensive review of related studies and demonstrate our two recently developed bioinformatics methods. The method SPOT‐CBP is a template‐based method for detecting CBPs based on structure through structural homology search combined with a knowledge‐based scoring function. This method can yield model complex structure in addition to accurate prediction of CBPs. Furthermore, it has been observed that similarly accurate predictions can be made using structures from homology modeling, which has significantly expanded its applicability. The other method, SPRINT‐CBH, is a de novo approach that predicts binding residues directly from protein sequences by using sequence information and predicted structural properties. This approach does not need structurally similar templates and thus is not limited by the current database of known protein‐carbohydrate complex structures. These two complementary methods are available at https://sparks‐lab.org. © 2018 by John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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