ABCdb: an ABC transporter database.

Y Quentin; G Fichant

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ABCdb: an ABC transporter database.

Y Quentin·G Fichant

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We present the first release of a database devoted to the ATP-binding cassette (ABC) protein domains (ABCdb). The ABC proteins are involved in a wide variety of physiological processes in Archea, Bacteria and Eucaryota where they are encoded by large families of paralogous genes. The majority of ABC domains energize the transport of compounds across the membranes. In bacteria, ABC transporters are involved in the uptake of a wide range of molecules and in mechanisms of virulence and antibiotic resistance. In eukaryotes, most of them are involved in drug resistance and in human cells, many are associated with diseases. Sequence analysis reveals that members of the ABC superfamily can be organized into sub-families and suggests that they have diverged from common ancestral forms. In this release, ABCdb includes the inventory and assembly of the ABC transporter systems of completely sequenced genomes. In addition to the protein entries, the database comprises information on functional domains, sequence motifs, predicted trans-membrane segments, and signal peptides. It also includes a classification in sub-families of the ABC systems as well as a classification of the different partners of the systems. Evolutionary trees and specific sequence patterns are provided for each sub-family. The database is endowed with a powerful query system and it was interfaced with blastP2 program for similarity searches. ABCdb has been developed in the ACeDB format, a database system developed by Jean Thierry-Mieg and Richard Durbin. ABCdb can be accessed via the World Wide Web (http://ir2lcb.cnrs-mrs.fr/ABCdb/).

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Y Quentin, G Fichant. 2000. ABCdb: an ABC transporter database.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11075924/

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