This book describes more than 60 web-accessible computational tools for protein analysis and is
totally practical with detailed explanations on how to use these tools and interpret their
results and minimal mentions to their theoretical basis (only when that is required for making
a better use of them). It covers a wide range of tools for dealing with different aspects of
proteins from their sequences to their three-dimensional structures and the biological
networks they are immersed in. The selection of tools is based on the experience of the authors
that lead a protein bioinformatics facility in a large research centre with the additional
constraint that the tools should be accessible through standard web browsers without requiring
the local installation of specific software command-line tools etc. The web tools covered
include those aimed to retrieve protein information look for similar proteins generate
pair-wise and multiple sequence alignments of protein sequences work with protein domains and
motifs study the phylogeny of a family of proteins retrieve manipulate and visualize protein
three-dimensional structures predict protein structural features as well as whole
three-dimensional structures extract biological information from protein structures summarize
large protein sets study protein interaction and metabolic networks etc. The book is
associated to a dynamic web site that will reflect changes in the web addresses of the tools
updates of these etc. It also contains QR codes that can be scanned with any device to direct
its browser to the tool web site. This monograph will be most valuable for researchers in
experimental labs without specific knowledge on bioinformatics or computing.
