Version History: Peptide Property Calculator

Contents:

1. PPC 3.1 (Latest)
2. PPC 3.0
3. PPC 2.5(beta)
4. PPC 2.4(beta)
5. PPC 2.0(beta)
6. PPC 1.0(beta)

PPC 3.1 (Latest)

  • New: Added markers and tooltips for all the graphs
  • Improved: The user interface of all the graphs
  • Improved: The performance of the application for graphs

PPC 3.0

  • New: HTML documentation of all the formulae and constant input values was provided
  • Improved: Minimum length of the input sequence was changed from 5 amino acid residues to 1 amino acid residue
  • Fixed: Insertion of non-standard residues to any location or position of the input sequence
  • Fixed: The non functioning of the tool, if the internet options for privacy settings are set to either ?Medium High? or ?High? or ?Block all cookies? was fixed
  • Updated: The representation of non-standard residues that would be attached to the input sequence was updated for better understandability
  • Updated: The minimum length of the input sequence required for isoelectric point calculation was changed from 10 residues (previously) to 1 residue
  • Updated: The minimum length of the input sequence required for plotting pH vs. net charge was changed from 10 residues (previously) to 1 residue

PPC 2.5 (beta)

  • New: Search engine optimization (SEO)
  • Improved: The contents of the user guide were modified for improved comprehensibility of the features in the tool
  • Updated: Option for adding multiple non-standard residues to the individual amino acid residues of the input sequence was provided
  • Updated: Option for multiple internal modifications to the input sequence was provided

PPC 2.4 (beta)

  • New: Landing page for tool was provided
  • New: User friendly UI was provided
  • New: An intuitive user guide for the tool was provided
  • New: Non-standard and internal modifications related details are displayed on the screen
  • New: Disclaimer message was provided
  • Improved: Labels were added for the various plotted graphs
  • Fixed: The issue related to disappearance of hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity graphs was fixed
  • Updated: The error message that is displayed when the input sequence length does not meet the specified criteria for minimum and the maximum length (5-1000 residues) was updated

PPC 2.0 (beta)

  • New: Input option to enter the sequence using three letter code of amino acid residues
  • New: Hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity plot description
  • Improved: Multiple additions of internal modifications to the input sequence

PPC 1.0 (beta)

  • Input option to enter the sequence by copy (Ctrl+C) and paste (Ctrl+V) method
  • The maximum length of the input sequence is set to 1000 residues
  • Option to perform 37 N-terminal modifications to the input sequence
  • Option to perform 17 C-terminal modifications to the input sequence
  • Option to perform 16 internal modifications to the input sequence
  • Option to add 22 various non-standard residues to individual amino acid residues in the input sequence
  • Option to add 5 various isotopes to the individual amino acid residues in the input sequence
  • Option to export the graph of Hydrophobicity / Hydrophilicity
  • The output is categorized into 6 broad categories with 32 various features calculated for an input sequence
  • The following basic features of the input sequence are calculated :
    • Chemical formula
    • Molecular weight
    • Extinction Co-efficient
    • Sequence Composition
    • Amino Acid Composition
  • Isoelectric point, Net charge at pH 7, Charge, Charge attribute, Hydrophobicity at pH 2.0 and Hydrophobicity at pH 6.8 calculations are performed for the input sequence
  • Option for 5 different hydrophobicity plot calculations are provided:
    • Kyte-Doolittle
    • Janin, Fauchere
    • Manavalan
    • Sweet / Eisenberg
  • Option for 2 different hydrophilicity plot calculations are provided:
    • Goldman, Engelberg and Steitz (GES)
    • von Heijne
  • Options for 4 different antigenicity plot calculations are provided:
    • Parker
    • Hopp-Woods
    • Welling
    • Protrusion Index (Thornton)
  • Options for 2 different secondary structure prediction methods:
    • Chou-Fasman
    • GOR-I method
  • Options for 2 different transmembrane region prediction methods:
    • Argos
    • von Heijne
  • Surface probability and protein flexibility calculations are performed for the input sequence