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Online Journal of Bioinformatics ©
Volume 10
(2): 218-223, 2009.
PROLYZER : A wireless application for physico-chemical analysis of protein sequences
Pabla SS, PablaSS,
Sajja SP.
Department of
Computer Science,
ABSTRACT
Pabla SS,
PablaSS, Sajja SP., PROLYZER : A
wireless application for physico-chemical analysis of
protein sequences, Online J Bioinformatics, (2): 218-223, 2009. Recent advances in processing capabilities of hand
held devices have prompted the development of wireless applications that
alleviates the user from physical “wired” connectivity. Moreover, there has
been an immense increase in internet connectivity speed of wireless devices. A
new paradigm of bioinformatics applications that use both increased processing
and connectivity abilities of these devices has promising potential. PROLYZER
is one such application designed to calculate various Physico-chemical
properties [1] of a protein sequence. It acquires input protein sequence from
GENBANK [5] database via the Genbank Identification
number (gi number). It computes the following
parameters: Total number of amino acids, Molecular formula, Atom count, Molecular
weight, Grand average of hydropathicity (GRAVY) [2],
Extinction Co-efficient [3] and Absorbance [4]. PROLYZER is supported by any
wireless device which is MIDP2.0, CLDC1.0 and Java enabled. It uses internet
connectivity for sequence procurement and local processing capacity for
performing calculations. The future prospects include development of wireless
devices completely dedicated to run bioinformatics applications.
Keywords:
Bioinformatics,
Protein sequence, GENBANK, Physico-chemical analysis,
Java, MIDlet, Mobile phones.