INRA, UR 1268 Biopolymères, Interactions, Assemblages, Nantes, France.
Proteomics. 2010 May;10(9):1794-801. doi: 10.1002/pmic.200800783.
Several academic software are available to help the validation and reporting of proteomics data generated by MS analyses. However, to our knowledge, none of them have been conceived to meet the particular needs generated by the study of organisms whose genomes are not sequenced. In that context, we have developed OVNIp, an open-source application which facilitates the whole process of proteomics results interpretation. One of its unique attributes is its capacity to compile multiple results (from several search engines and/or several databank searches) with a resolution of conflicting interpretations. Moreover, OVNIp enables automated exploitation of de novo sequences generated from unassigned MS/MS spectra leading to higher sequence coverage and enhancing confidence in the identified proteins. The exploitation of these additional spectra might also identify novel proteins through a MS-BLAST search, which can be easily ran from the OVNIp interface. Beyond this primary scope, OVNIp can also benefit to users who look for a simple standalone application to both visualize and confirm MS/MS result interpretations through a simple graphical interface and generate reports according to user-defined forms which may integrate the prerequisites for publication. Sources, documentation and a stable release for Windows are available at http://wwwappli.nantes.inra.fr:8180/OVNIp.
有几个学术软件可用于帮助验证和报告由 MS 分析生成的蛋白质组学数据。然而,据我们所知,它们都没有被设计为满足那些基因组未测序的生物体研究所产生的特殊需求。在这种情况下,我们开发了 OVNIp,这是一个开源应用程序,可简化蛋白质组学结果解释的整个过程。它的一个独特属性是其能够编译多个结果(来自多个搜索引擎和/或多个数据库搜索),并解决相互冲突的解释。此外,OVNIp 能够自动利用从未分配的 MS/MS 光谱中生成的从头序列,从而提高序列覆盖率,并增强对鉴定蛋白质的信心。通过 MS-BLAST 搜索,还可以利用这些额外的光谱来识别新的蛋白质,而这些搜索可以轻松地从 OVNIp 界面运行。除了这个主要的功能之外,OVNIp 还可以为那些寻求简单的独立应用程序的用户提供帮助,用户可以通过简单的图形界面来查看和确认 MS/MS 结果解释,并根据用户定义的形式生成报告,这些报告可以集成发表所需的条件。Windows 版的源代码、文档和稳定版本可在 http://wwwappli.nantes.inra.fr:8180/OVNIp 上获取。