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PTM Search

PTM Search allows users to search for PTMs residing in specific amino acid sequences or motifs, e.g. [ACM][AS](nt)[AS] - searching a consensus motif of Stromal Processing Peptidase (PMID 26371235, Fig. 3B).

In addition, multiple PTMs can be searched to find potential cross-talk between PTMs, e.g. D(nt)X{1,10}K(ub)

Please consult help section below for detailed information

A downloadable tutorial is available here

Motif and Crosstalk Motif and Crosstalk



Where search matches multiple splice forms of the same gene, show the representative protein only


Show only results where the peptides containing PTMs are only found in one gene


Number of neighbouring amino acids on either side of the searched PTM(s) to display

If at least one of the PTM sites searched should be in a particular functional domain, enter a valid Interpro domain ID

If at least one of the PTM sites searched should be on a type of site, check the appropriate box.
If more than one is selected, a result will be returned if any one of the types is matched.



PTMs

Each search must include at least one PTM, denoted by two letters in brackets after the affected amino acid
For example, M(mo) will search for oxidation on Methionine


Available PTM types

ac Acetylation
acy S-Acylation
ca Carbonylation
cn S-cyanylation
co2 Carbamylation
cr Crotonylation
ct C-terminus proteolysis
epg Ethanolamine phosphoglycerylation
fuc O-Fucosylation
gsh S-Glutathionylation
hib 2-Hydroxyisobutyrylation
hyp Proline hydroxylation
lip Lipoylation
mal Malonylation
mar MARylation
me1 Monomethylation
me2 Dimethylation
me3 Trimethylation
mox Methionine Oxidation
myr Myristoylation
ng N-glycosylation
nt N-terminus Proteolysis
nta N-terminal Acetylation
nub N-terminal Ubiquitination
og O-GlcNAcylation
ox Reversible Cysteine Oxidation
pgk 3-Phosphoglycerylation
ph Phosphorylation
sno S-nitrosylation
so S-sulfenylation
suc Succinylation
sumo SUMOylation
ub Ubiquitination

More than one PTM type for the specified amino acid may be searched using the | character for an "or" combination, or the & character for an "and" combination
A search for M(mo|ub) would return results where EITHER oxidation or ubiquitination on the Methionine were found
A search for M(ub&nt) would return results where BOTH ubiquitination and N-terminal PTMs have been found on the Methionine

It is possible to use xx as a wildcard
A search for M(xx) would return any PTM type found on Methionine

Sequence

Search sequences may be a simple string of letters
A search for MK(ub)S would return proteins containing the amino acid sequence MKS for which we have experimental data showing ubiquitination on the Lysine

More complex search strings may be formed using regular expressions
Allowed regex terms are listed below, and should be familiar to those who have dealt with regular expressions before


Regex operators

[ ] Match any of the characters contained within the square brackets
A search for MA[ER]T will return both MAET and MART (but not MAT)
X or . Match any character
A search for MAXT or MA.T will return MAET, MART, etc.
? Match zero or one occurrence of the character
A search for MAE?T will return both MAET and MAT
+ Match one or more occurrences of the character
A search for MAE+T would return MAET, MAEET, MAEEET, etc, but not MAT
* Match zero or more occurrences of the character
A search for MAE*T would return MAT, MAET, MAEET, etc.
{ } Specify the number of occurrences of the character
A search for MAE{3}T would return MAEEET

Two comma-separated numbers can be used to specify a range
A search for MAE{2,4}T would return MAEET, MAEEET, and MAEEEET

One number and a comma creates an open-ended range
A search for MAE{,7} would match between zero and seven E
A search for MAE{3,} would match three or more E

Regex operators which describe the number of repetitions of a character may not be used on the PTM terms in a search string
However, the X/. and [ ] operators may be used for the amino acid of a PTM

A search for MX(nt)D would return proteins containing any sequence M-D for which experimental data exists showing an N-terminal PTM on the unspecified middle amino acid, such as MC(nt)D, ML(nt)D

A search for S[ST](ph)T would return results containing both SS(ph)T, and ST(ph)T


Search Output

Any proteins will be displayed for which experimental data exists matching the search string
The protein amino acid sequence surrounding the search result point will be shown, with all PTMs in the database in this range highlighted, whether or not they were requested in the search term

The size of sequence substring to display can be selected in the Sequence Length search field
All proteins in the table link to their individual protein page which shows the entire sequence and all PTMs

The result table may be sorted - in order to view certain results together, select the checkboxes by the relevant rows and sort on the checkbox column to pull all those selected to the top