DBAASP: database of antimicrobial activity and structure of peptides.

The Database of Antimicrobial Activity and Structure of Peptides (dbaasp) is a manually curated database for those peptides for which antimicrobial activity against particular targets has been evaluated experimentally. The database is a depository of complete information on: the chemical structure of peptides; target species; target object of cell; peptide antimicrobial/haemolytic/cytotoxic activities; and experimental conditions at which activities were estimated. The dbaasp search page allows the user to search peptides according to their structural characteristics, complexity type (monomer, dimer and two-peptide), source, synthesis type (ribosomal, nonribosomal and synthetic) and target species. The database prediction algorithm provides a tool for rational design of new antimicrobial peptides. dbaasp is accessible at [http://www.biomedicine.org.ge/dbaasp/][1]. [1]: http://www.biomedicine.org.ge/dbaasp