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Table 3 Compilation of selected software/methods used to compute features described in Features section, including the predictors utilizing each and the publications describing their utility and recommending their use

From: Algorithmic approaches to protein-protein interaction site prediction

Feature

Software/method

Used by

Recommended by

Accessible Surface Area

PSAIA [117], SurfRace [118], DSSP [119], NACCESS [120], BALL [121], SSpro4 [122], MSMS [123]

Li [29], Sikic [8], Li [38], JET [23], PresCont [33], PredUs [32], Prollo & Meller [39], RAD-T [37]

Chen [16], Jones & Thornton [5], Hoskins [124], Ezkurdia [75]

Conservation

HSSP [125,126], ConSurf-HSSP [66], PSI-BLAST [127], Scorecons [128], Rate4Site [129], AL2CO [130]

Li [29], JET [23], BindML [12], RAD-T [37], PresCont [33], VORFFIP [40]

Zhou & Shan [30], RAD-T [37]

Depth Index

DPX [131] in PSAIA [117]

Sikic [8], Li [38], VORFFIP [40]

Sikic [8]

Protrusion

CX [132] in PSAIA [117]

Sikic [8], Li [38], VORFFIP [40], RAD-T [37], Chen [7]

Jones & Thornton [5]

Hydrophobicity

PSAIA [117], QUITE [133], Fauchère & Pliska [134]

Sikic [8], Ezkurdia [75], RAD-T [37], VORFFIP [40], PresCont [33]

Neuvirth [35], Jones & Thornton [5]

Secondary Structure

DSSP [119], SSpro4 [122]

Sikic [8], VORFFIP [40], Li [38]

Neuvirth [35], Hoskins [124], Ofran & Rost [22]

Propensity

Dong [18], PresCont [33], RAD-T [37]

Dong [18], Jones & Thornton [5], PresCont [33], RAD-T [37]

Conte [64], Zhou & Shan [30], Crowley & Golovin [135], Jones & Thornton [5], Dong [18], Sillerud [136], Levy [137], Tuncbag [58]

Disorder

VSL2 [138], RONN [139]

Li [38], RAD-T [37]

Wright [140], Dunker [141], Liu [142], Iakoucheva [143]

Curvature

Coleman method [144], SurfRace [118]

Li [38], RAD-T [37], PresCont [33]

Jones & Thornton [5]

B-Factors

Curated from PDB [79], Yuan [145]

RAD-T [37], Chung [15], VORFFIP [40], Liu method [54]

Ezkurdia [54,75]

Electrostatic Potential

APBS [146], DelPhi [147], FoldX [148,149]

RAD-T [37], Bradford & Westhead [13], Sting-LDA-WNA [42]

RAD-T [37]

Side-chain Conformational Entropy

FoldX [148,149]

VORFFIP [40]

Cole & Warwicker [150], Liang [28]

Residue Contact Frequencies

PredUs [32]

PredUs [32]

PredUs [32]

Atomic Probability Density Map Features

Yu [151], X-SITE [152]

Chen [7]

Chen [7]

Energy of Solvation

Fernandez-Recio method [105], Fiorucci method [9] using APBS [146]

Fiorucci [9], RAD-T [37]

Fiorucci [9], RAD-T [37]