Table 8.
Performance of DEBT and other β-turn type prediction methods based on the achieved MCC value.
| Prediction method | MCC score for each β-turn type | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I | II | IV | VIII | NS | |
| DEBT | 0.36 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.14 | 0.31 |
| BETATURNS [39] | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.16 | 0.02 | 0.05 |
| COUDES [28] | 0.31 | 0.30 | 0.11 | 0.07 | -- |
| MOLEBRNN [32] | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.24 | 0.11 | -- |
| BTPRED [30] | 0.22 | 0.25 | 0.06 | 0.03 | -- |
| Asgary et al. [40] | 0.24 | 0.47 | 0.10 | 0.12 | 0.24 |
DEBT is more accurate that other methods in the prediction of types I, IV, VIII and NS. The results for BTPRED and the method by Asgary and colleagues are obtained using different datasets.