RepeatsDB in 2025: expanding annotations of structured tandem repeats proteins on AlphaFoldDB.

Alexander Miguel Monzon, Silvio C E Tosatto, Andrey V Kajava, Carlo Ferrari, Damiano Clementel, Paula Nazarena Arrías, Soroush Mozaffari, Zarifa Osmanli, Ximena Aixa Castro

Journal: Nucleic acids research 2025;53(D1):D575-D581

PMID: 39475178

Abstract

RepeatsDB (URL: https://repeatsdb.org) stands as a key resource for the classification and annotation of Structured Tandem Repeat Proteins (STRPs), incorporating data from both the Protein Data Bank (PDB) and AlphaFoldDB. This latest release features substantial advancements, including annotations for over 34 000 unique protein sequences from >2000 organisms, representing a fifteenfold increase in coverage. Leveraging state-of-the-art structural alignment tools, RepeatsDB now offers faster and more precise detection of STRPs across both experimental and predicted structures. Key improvements also include a redesigned user interface and enhanced web server, providing an intuitive browsing experience with improved data searchability and accessibility. A new statistics page allows users to explore database metrics based on repeat classifications, while API enhancements support scalability to manage the growing volume of data. These advancements not only refine the understanding of STRPs but also streamline annotation processes, further strengthening RepeatsDB's role in advancing our understanding of STRP functions.

© The Author(s) 2024. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of Nucleic Acids Research.

Address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Department of Protein Science, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden.; Department of Information Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Centre de Recherche en Biologie Cellulaire de Montpellier, CNRS, Universite' Montpellier, Montpellier, France.; Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Padova, Padova, Italy.; Institute of Biomembranes, Bioenergetics and Molecular Biotechnologies, National Research Council (CNR-IBIOM), Bari, Italy.

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