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. 2017 Apr 7;33(16):2487–2495. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx207

Table 1.

List of features used in the expression data analysis and their sources

Feature category Features Source software Citations Number of features
mRNA features Codon composition (64 features) Mfold, tAI 81
Nucleotide composition (4 features)
Number and fraction of SD and SD-like sequences
on forward and reverse strands (8 features)
GC content of full sequence and first 30 nt
RNA folding energy of full sequence and first 40 nt
tRNA adaptation index
Amino acid properties Amino acid composition (20 features)a 29
% Aliphatic, Uncharged Polar, Polar, Hydrophobic, Positive, Negative, Sulfur- containing, Amide-containing and Alcohol- containing residuesa
PrEST physical properties PrEST Lengtha, Isoelectric Pointa, Molecular Weighta Biopython ProtParam 9
Aromaticity and Instabilitya
Grand Average of Hydropathy (GRAVY)a
Absolute Charge and Charge per Residuea
Average Absolute Charge per Residuea
Structural predictions 3-category Secondary Structures (3 features) SCRATCH-1D Cheng et al. (2005) 19
8-category Secondary Structures (8 features)
Solvent-accessible fraction
Mean accessibility score
GRAVY of outer and inner residues
% Hydrophobic solvent-accessible residues
% Hydrophobic solvent-inaccessible residues
% Hydrophilic solvent-accessible residues
% Hydrophilic solvent-inaccessible residues
Disorder predictions Fraction of Disordered Residues as predicted by:
  • DisEBML

  • DISOPRED3

  • RONN

9
−DisEMBL COILS, HOTLOOPS and REM 465
−RONN and DISOPRED3
Average Disorder Index (RONN and DISOPRED3)
Protein-binding Fraction (DISOPRED3)
Protein-binding Index (DISOPRED3)
a

Subset of features computed for solubility data