Protein Data Modelling for Concurrent Sequential Patterns

Protein sequences from the same family typically share common patterns which imply their structural function and biological relationship. The challenge of identifying protein motifs is often addressed through mining frequent item sets and sequential patterns, where post-processing is a useful technique. Earlier work has shown that Concurrent Sequential Patterns mining can be applied in bioinformatics, e.g. to detect frequently occurring concurrent protein sub-sequences. This paper presents a companion approach to data modelling and visualisation, applying it to real-world protein datasets from the PROSITE and NCBI databases. The results show the potential for graph-based modelling in representing the integration of higher level patterns common to all or nearly all of the protein sequences.