Is Protein BLAST a thing of the past?

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Abstract

Will protein structure search tools like AlphaFold replace protein sequence search with BLAST? We discuss the promises, using structure search for remote homology detection, and why protein BLAST, as the leading sequence search tool, should strive to incorporate structural information

Details

Original languageEnglish
Article number8195
JournalNature communications
Volume14
Issue number1
Publication statusPublished - 11 Dec 2023
Peer-reviewedYes

External IDs

unpaywall 10.1038/s41467-023-44082-5
Scopus 85179345951

Keywords

Keywords

  • Databases, Protein, Proteins/genetics