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NucPred

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The NucPred score for your sequence is 0.50 (see score help below)

   1  MPKLLQGVITVIDVFYQYATQHGEYDTLNKAELKELLENEFHQILKNPND    50
51 PDTVDIILQSLDRDHNKKVDFTEYLLMIFKLVQARNKIIGKDYCQVSGSK 100
101 LRDDTHQHQEEQEETEKEENKRQESSFSHSSWSAGENDSYSRNVRGSLKP 150
151 GTESISRRLSFQRDFSGQHNSYSGQSSSYGEQNSDSHQSSGRGQCGSGSG 200
201 QSPNYGQHGSGSGQSSSNDTHGSGSGQSSGFSQHKSSSGQSSGYSQHGSG 250
251 SGHSSGYGQHGSRSGQSSRGERHRSSSGSSSSYGQHGSGSRQSLGHGRQG 300
301 SGSRQSPSHVRHGSGSGHSSSHGQHGSGSSYSYSRGHYESGSGQTSGFGQ 350
351 HESGSGQSSGYSKHGSGSGHSSSQGQHGSTSGQASSSGQHGSSSRQSSSY 400
401 GQHESASRHSSGRGQHSSGSGQSPGHGQRGSGSGQSPSSGQHGTGFGRSS 450
451 SSGPYVSGSGYSSGFGHHESSSEHSSGYTQHGSGSGHSSGHGQHGSRSGQ 500
501 SSRGERQGSSAGSSSSYGQHGSGSRQSLGHSRHGSGSGQSPSPSRGRHES 550
551 GSRQSSSYGPHGYGSGRSSSRGPYESGSGHSSGLGHQESRSGQSSGYGQH 600
601 GSSSGHSSTHGQHGSTSGQSSSCGQHGATSGQSSSHGQHGSGSSQSSRYG 650
651 QQGSGSGQSPSRGRHGSDFGHSSSYGQHGSGSGWSSSNGPHGSVSGQSSG 700
701 FGHKSGSGQSSGYSQHGSGSSHSSGYRKHGSRSGQSSRSEQHGSSSGLSS 750
751 SYGQHGSGSHQSSGHGRQGSGSGHSPSRVRHGSSSGHSSSHGQHGSGTSC 800
801 SSSCGHYESGSGQASGFGQHESGSGQGYSQHGSASGHFSSQGRHGSTSGQ 850
851 SSSSGQHDSSSGQSSSYGQHESASHHASGRGRHGSGSGQSPGHGQRGSGS 900
901 GQSPSYGRHGSGSGRSSSSGRHGSGSGQSSGFGHKSSSGQSSGYTQHGSG 950
951 SGHSSSYEQHGSRSGQSSRSEQHGSSSGSSSSYGQHGSGSRQSLGHGQHG 1000
1001 SGSGQSPSPSRGRHGSGSGQSSSYGPYRSGSGWSSSRGPYESGSGHSSGL 1050
1051 GHRESRSGQSSGYGQHGSSSGHSSTHGQHGSTSGQSSSCGQHGASSGQSS 1100
1101 SHGQHGSGSSQSSGYGRQGSGSGQSPGHGQRGSGSRQSPSYGRHGSGSGR 1150
1151 SSSSGQHGSGLGESSGFGHHESSSGQSSSYSQHGSGSGHSSGYGQHGSRS 1200
1201 GQSSRGERHGSSSGSSSHYGQHGSGSRQSSGHGRQGSGSGHSPSRGRHGS 1250
1251 GLGHSSSHGQHGSGSGRSSSRGPYESRSGHSSVFGQHESGSGHSSAYSQH 1300
1301 GSGSGHFCSQGQHGSTSGQSSTFDQEGSSTGQSSSYGHRGSGSSQSSGYG 1350
1351 RHGAGSGQSPSRGRHGSGSGHSSSYGQHGSGSGWSSSSGRHGSGSGQSSG 1400
1401 FGHHESSSWQSSGCTQHGSGSGHSSSYEQHGSRSGQSSRGERHGSSSGSS 1450
1451 SSYGQHGSGSRQSLGHGQHGSGSGQSPSPSRGRHGSGSGQSSSYSPYGSG 1500
1501 SGWSSSRGPYESGSSHSSGLGHRESRSGQSSGYGQHGSSSGHSSTHGQHG 1550
1551 STSGQSSSCGQHGASSGQSSSHGQHGSGSSQSSGYGRQGSGSGQSPGHGQ 1600
1601 RGSGSRQSPSYGRHGSGSGRSSSSGQHGSGLGESSGFGHHESSSGQSSSY 1650
1651 SQHGSGSGHSSGYGQHGSRSGQSSRGERHGSSSRSSSRYGQHGSGSRQSS 1700
1701 GHGRQGSGSGQSPSRGRHGSGLGHSSSHGQHGSGSGRSSSRGPYESRSGH 1750
1751 SSVFGQHESGSGHSSAYSQHGSGSGHFCSQGQHGSTSGQSSTFDQEGSST 1800
1801 GQSSSHGQHGSGSSQSSSYGQQGSGSGQSPSRGRHGSGSGHSSSYGQHGS 1850
1851 GSGWSSSSGRHGSGSGQSSGFGHHESSSWQSSGYTQHGSGSGHSSSYEQH 1900
1901 GSRSGQSSRGEQHGSSSGSSSSYGQHGSGSRQSLGHGQHGSGSGQSPSPS 1950
1951 RGRHGSGSGQSSSYGPYGSGSGWSSSRGPYESGSGHSSGLGHRESRSGQS 2000
2001 SGYGQHGSSSGHSSTHGQHGSASGQSSSCGQHGASSGQSSSHGQHGSGSS 2050
2051 QSSGYGRQGSGSGQSPGHGQRGSGSRQSPSYGRHGSGSGRSSSSGQHGPG 2100
2101 LGESSGFGHHESSSGQSSSYSQHGSGSGHSSGYGQHGSRSGQSSRGERHG 2150
2151 SSSGSSSRYGQHGSGSRQSSGHGRQGSGSGHSPSRGRHGSGSGHSSSHGQ 2200
2201 HGSGSGRSSSRGPYESRSGHSSVFGQHESGSGHSSAYSQHGSGSGHFCSQ 2250
2251 GQHGSTSGQSSTFDQEGSSTGQSSSHGQHGSGSSQSSSYGQQGSGSGQSP 2300
2301 SRGRHGSGSGHSSSYGQHGSGSGWSSSSGRHGSGSGQSSGFGHHESSSWQ 2350
2351 SSGYTQHGSGSGHSSSYEQHGSRSGQSSRGERHGSSSGSSSSYGQHGSGS 2400
2401 RQSLGHGQHGSGSGQSPSPSRGRHGSGSGQSSSYSPYGSGSGWSSSRGPY 2450
2451 ESGSGHSSGLGHRESRSGQSSGYGQHGSSSGHSSTHGQHGSTSGQSSSCG 2500
2501 QHGASSGQSSSHGQHGSGSSQSSGYGRQGSGSGQSPGHGQRGSGSRQSPS 2550
2551 YGRHGSGSGRSSSSGQHGSGLGESSGFGHHESSSGQSSSYSQHGSGSGHS 2600
2601 SGYGQHGSRSGQSSRGERHGSSSGSSSHYGQHGSGSRQSSGHGRQGSGSG 2650
2651 QSPSRGRHGSGLGHSSSHGQHGSGSGRSSSRGPYESRLGHSSVFGQHESG 2700
2701 SGHSSAYSQHGSGSGHFCSQGQHGSTSGQSSTFDQEGSSTGQSSSYGHRG 2750
2751 SGSSQSSGYGRHGAGSGQSLSHGRHGSGSGQSSSYGQHGSGSGQSSGYSQ 2800
2801 HGSGSGQDGYSYCKGGSNHDGGSSGSYFLSFPSSTSPYEYVQEQRCYFYQ 2850

Positively and negatively influencing subsequences are coloured according to the following scale:

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If you find NucPred useful, please cite this paper:
NucPred - Predicting Nuclear Localization of Proteins. Brameier M, Krings A, Maccallum RM. Bioinformatics, 2007. PubMed id: 17332022
The authors also look forward to your comments and suggestions.

What does the NucPred score mean?

You have to decide on a NucPred score threshold. Sequences which score greater than or equal to this threshold are predicted to spend some time in the nucleus. Higher thresholds yield fewer predicted nuclear proteins, but these predictions are more accurate (you can have higher confidence in them). The table below gives more details of the performance of NucPred estimated using the sequences it was trained on (by cross-validation). Another benchmark is available in the Bioinformatics 2007 paper.

NucPred score threshold Specificity Sensitivity
see above fraction of proteins predicted to be nuclear that actually are nuclear fraction of true nuclear proteins that are predicted (coverage)
0.10 0.45 0.88
0.20 0.52 0.83
0.30 0.57 0.77
0.40 0.63 0.69
0.50 0.70 0.62
0.60 0.71 0.53
0.70 0.81 0.44
0.80 0.84 0.32
0.90 0.88 0.21
1.00 1.00 0.02

Sequences which score >= 0.8 with NucPred and which are predicted by PredictNLS to contain an NLS have been shown to be 93% correct with a coverage of 16%. (PredictNLS by itself is 87% correct with 26% coverage on the same data.)

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