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CalFitter 2.0: Leveraging the power of singular value decomposition to analyse protein thermostability
Lacko Dávid, Ing.
Štourač Jan
Damborský Jiří, prof. Mgr., Dr. (UMEL)
Prokop Zbyněk
Mazurenko Stanislav, Ph.D.
fluorescence, calorimetry, resolution, state
The importance of the quantitative description of protein unfolding and
aggregation for the rational design of stability or understanding the molecular
basis of protein misfolding diseases is well established. Protein thermostability
is typically assessed by calorimetric or spectroscopic techniques that monitor
different complementary signals during unfolding. The CalFitter webserver has
already proved integral to deriving invaluable energy parameters by global data
analysis. Here, we introduce CalFitter 2.0, which newly incorporates singular
value decomposition (SVD) of multi-wavelength spectral datasets into the global
fitting pipeline. Processed time- or temperature-evolved SVD components can now
be fitted together with other experimental data types. Moreover, deconvoluted
basis spectra provide spectral fingerprints of relevant macrostates populated
during unfolding, which greatly enriches the information gains of the CalFitter
output. The SVD analysis is fully automated in a highly interactive module,
providing access to the results to users without any prior knowledge of the
underlying mathematics. Additionally, a novel data uploading wizard has been
implemented to facilitate rapid and easy uploading of multiple datasets.
Together, the newly introduced changes significantly improve the user experience,
making this software a unique, robust, and interactive platform for the analysis
of protein thermal denaturation data.
@article{BUT182263,
author="Antonín {Kunka} and Dávid {Lacko} and Jan {Štourač} and Jiří {Damborský} and Zbyněk {Prokop} and Stanislav {Mazurenko}",
title="CalFitter 2.0: Leveraging the power of singular value decomposition to analyse protein thermostability",
journal="Nucleic Acids Research",
year="2022",
volume="50",
number="1",
pages="145--151",
doi="10.1093/nar/gkac378",
issn="1362-4962",
url="https://watermark.silverchair.com/gkac378.pdf?token=AQECAHi208BE49Ooan9kkhW_Ercy7Dm3ZL_9Cf3qfKAc485ysgAAAt8wggLbBgkqhkiG9w0BBwagggLMMIICyAIBADCCAsEGCSqGSIb3DQEHATAeBglghkgBZQMEAS4wEQQM6mnogQLGRDLO_t5jAgEQgIICkgBAjLYrvaDf6iP6XH99tWgNvN-saAJIyGEw-eFFniYTYL2"
}