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. 2013 Oct 22;14(Suppl 16):S2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2105-14-S16-S2

Table 3.

The comparison among PredPhospho, PPSP, GPS 2.0, KiasePhos 2.0, and our method.

Tools PredPhospho GPS 2.0 PPSP KinasePhos 2.0 Our method
Method SVM GPS BDT SVM SVM

Training feature Sequence Sequence Sequence Sequence Sequence + 3D structural information

Material PhosphoBase + Swiss-Prot Phospho.ELM Phospho.ELM Phospho.ELM + UniProtKB Phospho.ELM + UniProtKB

No. of kinase groups 4 > 100 68 58 > 100

Data input Sequence Sequence Sequence Sequence Sequence, PDB ID or structure

3D structure visualization - - - - JMol

PKA group Sn = 70.1%
Sp = 86.4%
Sn = 88.2%
Sp = 86.6%
Sn = 86.9%
Sp = 83.1%
Sn = 86.9%
Sp = 85.6%
Sn = 89.4%
Sp = 87.7%

PKC group Sn = 70.9%
Sp = 86.5%
Sn = 86.2%
Sp = 83.0%
Sn = 82.9%
Sp = 85.5%
Sn = 0.84
Sp = 0.86
Sn = 84.3%
Sp = 89.1%

CK2 group Sn = 82.0%
Sp = 92.8%
Sn = 81.4%
Sp = 86.4%
Sn = 84.0%
Sp = 90.5%
Sn = 86.2%
Sp = 86.4%
Sn = 88.1%
Sp = 90.2%

SRC group - Sn = 82.3%
Sp = 86.8%
Sn = 78.0%
Sp = 74.6%
Sn = 86.4%
Sp = 82.2%
Sn = 86.4%
Sp = 86.2%

The highlights are marked in bold. For PKA group, our method has highest sensitivity and specificity. For PKC group, GPS 2.0 has highest sensitivity and our method has highest specificity. For CK2 group, our method has highest sensitivity and PredPhospho has highest specificity. For SRC group, our method has highest sensitivity and GPS 2.0 has highest specificity.

Abbreviation: SVM, support vector machine; MCL, Markov cluster algorithm; GPS, group-based phosphorylation scoring method; BDT, Bayesian decision theory; MDD, maximal dependence decomposition; HMM, hidden Markov model; AAC, amino acid composition; CP, coupling pattern; SA, structural alphabet; Sn, sensitivity; Sp, specificity; Acc, accuracy.