了解蛋白質的重複序列對於分析蛋白質的空間，功能，結構，以及其彼此間的相互作用是有助益的。本研究試著開發一套蛋白質序列的分析工具，這套工具不僅能找出連續性重複序列及週期性重複的胺基酸,並且最主要的是這套工具可以對分散於蛋白質序列上的相近重複序列做分析。本研究開發之蛋白質重複序列分析工具，簡稱PRF，用來做蛋白質序列分析的工具，使用者可在網頁上直接來使用，同時我們分析SWISS-PROT的12萬條蛋白質序列並將其建成資料庫，進而提供使用者可以藉由網路線上查詢到所需要的資訊。有關PRF的詳情資訊，請參考 URL: http://140.115.155.94. Protein repeated sequence patterns may be a mechanism which provides regular arrays of spatial and functional groups, useful for structural packing or for one to one interactions with target molecules, and many large proteins have evolved by internal duplication and many internal sequence repeats correspond to functional and structural units. In this study, we purpose to develop a protein repeat analysis tool that can find kinds of protein repeats such as tandem repeats, periodically conserved single amino acid repeats, and approximate repeats. We also provide a variety of statistics the repeats we found. Protein Repeats Finder (PRF) is developed to find kinds of protein repeats in a given protein sequence. Users can use this tool on line to query protein repeats they need. The web site is now available at URL: http://140.115.155.94.
