To test the performance of P2CS, a variety of approaches were taken. P2CS data were compared to different analyses available in the literature generated using other search methods. The accuracy of P2CS in identifying TCS proteins was compared to several studies using manual curation to detect TCSs. We used these studies as reference sets and calculated sensitivity, specificity and precision to assess the efficiency of the P2CS analysis

 

 

Specie

Manually defined TCS

P2CS Predicted TCS

Sensitivity (%)

Specificity (%)

Precision (%)

Reference

Anaeromyxobacter dehalogenans 2CP-C

174

188 (185+3)

100

99.67

92.55

Whitworth and Cock, 2008

Bacillus anthracis str. Ames

102 (94+8)

104 (94+10)

100

99.96

97.9

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus anthracis str. Sterne

102

103

99.02

99.96

98.06

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579

101 (99+2)

102 (99+3)

100

99.98

99.02

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus cereus ATCC 10987

101 (100+1)

99 (98+1)

98.02

100

100

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus cereus E33L

107

107

100

100

100

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus subtilis

70

70

100

100

100

de Been et al, 2006

Bacillus thuringiensis serovar konkukian str. 97-27

109

109

100

100

100

de Been et al, 2006

Escherichia coli str. K-12 substr. MG1655

62

62 (61+1)

100

100

100

Whitworth and Cock, 2008

Myxococcus xanthus DK1622

278 (276+2)

283 (281+2)

99.28

99.91

97.53

Whitworth and Cock, 2008

Nitrosospira multiformis ATCC 25196 chromosome 1

62

59

93.55

99.96

98.31

Norton et al, 2008

Pseudomonas syringae pv. syringae B728a

142

143

97.89

99.92

97.2

Lavin et al, 2007

Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato str. DC3000

143 (140+3)

144 (139+5)

97.2

99.92

96.53

Lavin et al, 2007

Pseudomonas syringae pv. phaseolicola 1448A

139 (137+2)

141 (138+3)

97.84

99.87

96.45

Lavin et al, 2007

Sorangium cellulosum So ce56

267

273

98.88

99.92

96.70

Whitworth and Cock, 2008

Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2)

164

187

99.39

99.68

87.17

Hutchings et al, 2004

Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris ATCC 33913

106

110

100

99.9

96.36

Qian et al, 2008

X. campestris pv. campestris 8004

106

110

100

99.9

96.36

Qian et al, 2008

X. axonopodis pv. citri 306

114

120

100

99.86

95

Qian et al, 2008

X. campestris pv. vesicatoria 85-10

121

126

100

99.86

95

Qian et al, 2008

X. oryzae pv. oryzae KACC10331

92 (91+1)

96 (95+1)

100

99.9

95.83

Qian et al, 2008

X. oryzae pv. oryzae MAFF 311018

93

95

100

99.95

97.89

Qian et al, 2008

 

 

Parameters calculation

 

Sensitivity = TP/TP+TN

 

Specificity = TN/TN+FP

 

Precision = TP/TP+FP

 

TP. True positive, TN. True negative, FP. False positive, FN. False negative

 

 

References

 

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Hutchings MI, Hoskisson PA, Chandra G, Buttner MJ (2004) Sensing and responding to diverse extracellular signals? Analysis of the sensor kinases and response regulators of Streptomyces coelicolor A3(2). Microbiology 150: 2795-2806.

 

Lavin JL, Kiil K, Resano O, Ussery DW, Oguiza JA (2007) Comparative genomic analysis of two-component regulatory proteins in Pseudomonas syringae. BMC Genomics 8: 397.

 

Norton JM, Klotz MG, Stein LY, Arp DJ, Bottomley PJ, Chain PS, Hauser LJ, Land ML, Larimer FW, Shin MW, Starkenburg SR (2008) Complete genome sequence of Nitrosospira multiformis, an ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from the soil environment. Appl Environ Microbiol 74: 3559-3572.

 

Qian W, Han Z-J, He C (2008) Two-Component Signal Transduction Systems of Xanthomonas spp.: A Lesson from Genomics. Molecular Plant-Microbe Interactions 21: 151-161.

 

Whitworth DE, Cock PJ (2008) Two-component systems of the myxobacteria: structure, diversity and evolutionary relationships. Microbiology 154: 360-372.