Protein Secondary Structure Prediction

Protein structure determination and prediction has been a focal research subject in the field of bioinformatics due to the importance of protein structure in understanding the biological and chemical activities of organisms. The experimental methods used by biotechnologists to determine the structures of proteins demand sophisticated equipment and time. A host of computational methods are developed to predict the location of secondary structure elements in proteins for complementing or creating insights into experimental results. However, prediction accuracies of these methods rarely exceed 70%.

Authors:

• Manpreet Singh
• Parvinder Singh Sandhu
• Reet Kamal Kaur

Keywords:

• Protein
• Secondary Structure
• Prediction
• DNA
• RNA.

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