School of Bio-Sciences and Technology, Vellore Institute of Technology, Vellore Campus, Tiruvalam Road, Katpadi, Vellore, Tamil Nadu 632 014, India.
School of Sports and Health Sciences, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB, UK.
Database (Oxford). 2024 Jul 2;2024. doi: 10.1093/database/baae056.
Myxobacteria are predatory bacteria with antimicrobial activity, utilizing complex mechanisms to kill their prey and assimilate their macromolecules. Having large genomes encoding hundreds of secondary metabolites, hydrolytic enzymes and antimicrobial peptides, these organisms are widely studied for their antibiotic potential. MyxoPortal is a comprehensive genomic database hosting 262 genomes of myxobacterial strains. Datasets included provide genome annotations with gene locations, functions, amino acids and nucleotide sequences, allowing analysis of evolutionary and taxonomical relationships between strains and genes. Biosynthetic gene clusters are identified by AntiSMASH, and dbAMP-generated antimicrobial peptide sequences are included as a resource for novel antimicrobial discoveries, while curated datasets of CRISPR/Cas genes, regulatory protein sequences, and phage associated genes give useful insights into each strain's biological properties. MyxoPortal is an intuitive open-source database that brings together application-oriented genomic features that can be used in taxonomy, evolution, predation and antimicrobial research. MyxoPortal can be accessed at http://dicsoft1.physics.iisc.ac.in/MyxoPortal/. Database URL: http://dicsoft1.physics.iisc.ac.in/MyxoPortal/. Graphical Abstract.
粘细菌是具有抗菌活性的捕食性细菌,利用复杂的机制来杀死猎物并吸收其大分子。这些生物体具有编码数百种次生代谢物、水解酶和抗菌肽的大型基因组,因此因其抗生素潜力而被广泛研究。MyxoPortal 是一个综合性的基因组数据库,包含 262 株粘细菌菌株的基因组。包含的数据集提供了基因组注释,包括基因位置、功能、氨基酸和核苷酸序列,允许分析菌株和基因之间的进化和分类关系。AntiSMASH 用于识别生物合成基因簇,并且包含 dbAMP 生成的抗菌肽序列作为新的抗菌发现的资源,而经过精心整理的 CRISPR/Cas 基因、调节蛋白序列和噬菌体相关基因数据集为每个菌株的生物学特性提供了有用的见解。MyxoPortal 是一个直观的开源数据库,汇集了可用于分类学、进化、捕食和抗菌研究的面向应用的基因组特征。可以在 http://dicsoft1.physics.iisc.ac.in/MyxoPortal/ 访问 MyxoPortal。数据库网址:http://dicsoft1.physics.iisc.ac.in/MyxoPortal/。图表摘要。