DichroMatch at the Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (DM@PCDDB): a web-based tool for identifying protein nearest neighbors using Circular Dichroism Spectroscopy

Circular dichroism spectroscopy is a well-used, but simple method in structural biology for providing information on the secondary structure and folds of proteins. DichroMatch (DM@PCDDB) is an online tool that is newly available in the Protein Circular Dichroism Data Bank (PCDDB), which takes advantage of the wealth of spectral and metadata deposited therein, to enable identification of spectral nearest neighbours of a query protein based on six different methods of spectral matching. DM@PCDDB can potentially provide novel information about structural relationships between proteins and can be used in comparison studies of protein homologues and orthologues. This article is protected by copyright. All rights reserved.