Phyre: Protein Structure Prediction Tool Usage Data

A dataset likely containing usage data and results from the Phyre protein structure prediction web service. The tool was developed by Lorraine Kelley and achieved scientific recognition, winning the automated section of the international CASP competition. It attracted hundreds of users and generated over 1,000 letters of support for funding.

Use Cases

• Benchmarking protein fold recognition algorithms based on the tool's competition performance.
• Analyzing user engagement patterns for scientific web tools based on the described user base.
• Studying the impact of community support on research funding based on the letters of support.

Strengths

• Tool was validated by winning the automated section of the international CASP competition.
• Generated over 1,000 letters of support from the user community.
• Attracted hundreds of users, indicating a significant historical user base.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

Likely contains logs or results from the Phyre web service.