A Comprehensive Review of In silico Analysis for Protein S-sulfenylation Sites

Title:A Comprehensive Review of In silico Analysis for Protein S-sulfenylation Sites

Volume: 25 Issue: 9

Author(s): Md Mehedi Hasan*, Mst Shamima Khatun and Hiroyuki Kurata

Affiliation:

• Department of Bioscience and Bioinformatics, Kyushu Institute of Technology, 680-4 Kawazu, Iizuka, Fukuoka 820- 8502,Japan

Keywords: S-sulfenylation site, statistical learning, feature representation, tool development, computational prediction tools, regulatory networks.

Abstract: Background: Cysteine S-sulfenylation is a major type of dynamic post-translational modification of the protein that plays an important role in regulating many biological processes in both of prokaryotic and eukaryotic species. To understand the function of S-sulfenylated proteins, identification of S-sulfenylation sites is an essential step. Due to numerous restrictions of experimental methods, computational prediction of the potential S-sulfenylation sites becomes popular. In this review, we discuss the recent development and challenges in protein S-sulfenylation site prediction from the available datasets, algorithms and accessible services. We also demonstrate the encountered limitation and future perspective of the computational prediction tools.

Conclusion: The development of S-sulfenylation site prediction and their application is an emerging field of protein bioinformatics research. Accurate predictors are expected to identify general and species-specific S-sulfenylation sites when more experimental annotation data are available. Combining experimental and computational technologies will definitely accelerate an understanding of protein S-sulfenylation, discovering regulatory networks in living organisms.

Cite this article as:

Hasan Md Mehedi*, Khatun Shamima Mst and Kurata Hiroyuki , A Comprehensive Review of In silico Analysis for Protein S-sulfenylation Sites, Protein & Peptide Letters 2018; 25 (9) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/0929866525666180905110619