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NucPred

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The NucPred score for your sequence is 0.70 (see score help below)

   1  MRRGRLLEVALGFTVLLASYTSHRAEANLEAGNGKETRASRAKRRGGGGH    50
51 DALKGPNVCGSRYNAYCCPGWKTLPGGNQCIVPICRHSCGDGFCSRPNMC 100
101 TCPSGQIAPSCGSRSIQHCNIRCMNGGSCSDDHCLCQKGYIGTHCGQPVC 150
151 ESGCLNGGRCVAPNRCACTYGFTGPQCERDYRTGPCFTVVSNQMCQGQLS 200
201 GIVCTKTLCCATVGRAWGHPCEMCPAQPHPCRRGFIPNIRTGACQDVDEC 250
251 QAIPGLCQGGNCINTVGSFECKCPAGHKFNEVSQKCEDIDECSTIPGICD 300
301 GGECTNTVSSYFCKCPPGFYTSPDGTRCIDVRPGYCYTALTNGRCSNQLP 350
351 QSITKMQCCCDVGRCWSPGVTVTPEMCPIRATEDFNKLCSVPMVVPERPG 400
401 YPSPPLGPIPPVHPVPPGFPPGPQIPVPRPPVEYPYPSREPPRVLPVNVT 450
451 DYCQLFRYLCHNGRCIPTPGSYRCECNKGFQLDLRGECIDVDECEKNPCA 500
501 GGECINNQGSYTCQCRPGYQSTLTRTECRDIDECLQNGRICNNGRCINTD 550
551 GSFHCVCNAGFHVTRDGKNCEDMDECSIRNMCLNGMCINEDGSFKCICKP 600
601 GFQLASDGRYCKDINECETSGICMNGRCVNTDGSYRCECFPGLAVGLDGR 650
651 VCVDTHMRSTCYGGYKRGQCVKPLFGAVTKSECCCASTEYAFGEPCQPCP 700
701 SQNSAEYQALCSSGPGMTSAGSDINECALDPDICPNGICENLRGTYKCIC 750
751 NSGYEVDSTGKNCVDINECVLNSLLCDNGQCRNTPGSFVCTCPKGFIYKP 800
801 DLKTCEDIDECESSPCINGVCKNSPGSFICECSSESTLDPTKTICIETIK 850
851 GTCWQTIIDGRCEININGATLKSQCCSSLGAAWGSPCTPCQVDPICGKGY 900
901 SRIKGTQCEDIDECEVFPGVCKNGLCVNSKGSFKCQCPNGMTLDATGRIC 950
951 LDIRLETCFLRYEDEECTLPVVGRHRMDACCCSVGAAWGTEECEECPPRN 1000
1001 TPEYEELCPRGPGFATKEITNGKPFFKDINECKMIPNLCTHGKCRNTIGS 1050
1051 FKCRCDSGFALDSEERNCIDIDECRISPDLCGRGQCVNTPGDFECKCDEG 1100
1101 YESGFMMMKNCMDIDECQRDPLLCRGGVCLNTEGSYRCECPSGHQMSPNI 1150
1151 SACIDINECELSAHLCPHGRCVNLIGKYQRARNPGYHSTPDRLFCVDIDE 1200
1201 CSIMNGGCETFCTNSEGSYECSCQPGFALMPDQRSCTDIDECEDNPNICD 1250
1251 GGQCTNIPGEYRCLCYDGFMASEDMKTCVDVNECDLNPNICLSGTCENTK 1300
1301 GSFICHCDMGYSGKKGKTGCTDINECEIGAHNCDRHAVCTNTAGSFNCSC 1350
1351 SPGWIGDGIKCTDLDECSNGTHMCSQHADCKNTMGSYRCLCKEGYTGDGF 1400
1401 TCADLDECSENVKLCGNVQCLYAPGGYHCEYDMGFVPSADRKSCVDSDEC 1450
1451 SLPNICVFGTCHNLPGLFRCECEIGYELDRSGGNCTDVNECLEPPTCISG 1500
1501 NCVNTPGSYTCVCPPDFELNPTRVGCVDTRSGNCYLDVRPRGDNGDTACS 1550
1551 NEIGVGVSKASCCCSLGKAWGTPCEQCPPVNTSEYKILCPGGEGFRPNPI 1600
1601 TVILEDIDECQELPGLCQGGKCINTFGSFQCRCPTGYYLNEDTRVCDDVN 1650
1651 ECETPGICGPGTCYNTVGNYTCICPPDYMQVNGGNNCMDMRRSLCYRNYY 1700
1701 ADNQTCDGELLFNMTKKMCCCSYNIGRAWNKPCEQCPIPSTDEFATLCGS 1750
1751 QRPGFVIDIYTGLPVDIDECREIPGVCENGVCINMVGSFRCECPVGFFYN 1800
1801 DKLLVCEDIDECQNGPVCQRNAECINTAGSYRCDCKPGYRFTSTGQCNDR 1850
1851 NECQEIPNICSHGQCIDTVGSFYCLCHTGFKTNADQTMCLDINECERDAC 1900
1901 GNGTCRNTIGSFNCRCNHGFILSHNNDCIDVDECATGNGNLCRNGQCINT 1950
1951 VGSFQCQCNEGYEVAPDGRTCVDINECLLEPGKCAPGTCQNLDGSYRCIC 2000
2001 PPGYSLQNDKCEDIDECVEEPEICALGTCSNTEGSFKCLCPDGFSLSSTG 2050
2051 RRCQDLRMSYCYAKFEGGKCSSPKSRNHSKQECCCALKGEGWGDPCELCP 2100
2101 TEPDEAFRQICPYGSGIIVGPDDSAVDMDECKEPDVCKHGQCINTDGSYR 2150
2151 CECPFGYILEGNECVDTDECSVGNPCGNGTCKNVIGGFECTCEEGFEPGP 2200
2201 MMTCEDINECAQNPLLCAFRCVNTYGSYECKCPTGYVLREDRRMCKDEDE 2250
2251 CEEGKHDCAEKQMECKNLIGMYICICGPGYQRRPDGEGCVDENECQTKPG 2300
2301 ICENGRCLNTRGSYTCECNDGFTASPTQDECLDNREGYCFTEVLQNMCQI 2350
2351 GSSNRNPVTKSECCCDGGRGWGPHCEICPFQGTVAFKKLCPHGRGFMTNG 2400
2401 ADIDECKVIHDVCRNGECINDRGSYHCICKTGYTPDITGTACVDLNECNQ 2450
2451 APKPCNFICKNTEGSYQCSCPKGYILQEDGRSCKDLDECATKQHNCQFLC 2500
2501 VNTIGSFACKCPPGFTQHHTACIDNNECTSDINLCGAKGICQNTPGSFTC 2550
2551 ECQRGFSLDQSGASCEDVDECEGNHRCQHGCQNIIGGYRCSCPQGYLQHY 2600
2601 QWNQCVDENECLSAHICGGASCHNTLGSYKCMCPAGFQYEQFSGGCQDIN 2650
2651 ECGSSQAPCSYGCSNTEGGYLCGCPPGYFRIGQGHCVSGMGMGRGSPEPP 2700
2701 ASGEMDDNSLSPEACYECKINGYPKRGRKRRSTNETDAFNIEDQPETESN 2750
2751 VSLASWDVEKTAVFAFNISHISNKVRILELLPALTTLTNHNRYLIESGNE 2800
2801 NGFFKINQKEGISYLHFTKKKPVAGTYSLQISSTPLYKKKELNQLEDKYD 2850
2851 KDYLSGELGDNLKMKIQILLH 2871

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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