ConKit: a python interface to contact predictions

Bioinformatics. 2017 Jul 15;33(14):2209-2211. doi: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btx148.

Abstract

Summary: Recent advances in protein residue contact prediction algorithms have led to the emergence of many new methods and a variety of file formats. We present ConKit , an open source, modular and extensible Python interface which allows facile conversion between formats and provides an interface to analyses of sequence alignments and sets of contact predictions.

Availability and implementation: ConKit is available via the Python Package Index. The documentation can be found at http://www.conkit.org . ConKit is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause.

Contact: hlfsimko@liverpool.ac.uk or drigden@liverpool.ac.uk.

Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Proteins / chemistry
  • Sequence Alignment
  • Software*
  • User-Computer Interface

Substances

  • Proteins