AMINO ACID SEQUENCE PATTERN MATCHING

• Main Authors: WEIMIN ZHU, CHRISTOPHER SMITH, JOHN MARSHALL, RULIN ZHANG
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 19.03.2004
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; BEER; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALCULATING; CHEMISTRY; COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR; COMPUTING; CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ELECTRIC DISCHARGE TUBES OR DISCHARGE LAMPS; ELECTRICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MEASURING; MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS; METALLURGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL; PHYSICS; PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS; SEPARATION; SPIRITS; TESTING; TRANSPORTING; VINEGAR; WINE

A method for locating pattern matches in amino acids by use of various and sequential filters capable of determining inner sample pattern matches, inner group pattern matches, and word matching for purposes of further analysis or data mining. Filters include the use of a scoring scheme, comparison of scan numbers versus sequence of common ions to be MS/MS, and daughter ion subtraction for obtaining pattern match candidates.