A Prediction Model for Membrane Proteins Using Moments Based Features

• Main Authors: Ahmad Hassan Butt, Sher Afzal Khan, Hamza Jamil, Nouman Rasool, Yaser Daanial Khan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
• Series: BioMed Research International
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/8370132

The most expedient unit of the human body is its cell. Encapsulated within the cell are many infinitesimal entities and molecules which are protected by a cell membrane. The proteins that are associated with this lipid based bilayer cell membrane are known as membrane proteins and are considered to play a significant role. These membrane proteins exhibit their effect in cellular activities inside and outside of the cell. According to the scientists in pharmaceutical organizations, these membrane proteins perform key task in drug interactions. In this study, a technique is presented that is based on various computationally intelligent methods used for the prediction of membrane protein without the experimental use of mass spectrometry. Statistical moments were used to extract features and furthermore a Multilayer Neural Network was trained using backpropagation for the prediction of membrane proteins. Results show that the proposed technique performs better than existing methodologies.