Representation of protein sequences on latitude-like circles and longitude-like semi-circles

A new 3-D graphical representation of protein primary sequences has been proposed. It is graphed on the surface area of a unit sphere which is divided into 20 latitude-like circles to represent 20 amino acids and n longitude-like semi-circles to represent all residues. It is accompanied with no loss of information. A good visualization has been introduced through our sphere's center view. Then, a protein profile has been introduced which consists of these 20 latitude-like circles. Finally, a new protein descriptor has been obtained by collecting 20 proposed amino acids descriptors. Our approach is applied on two short segments of protein of yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. (C) 2010 Elsevier B. V. All rights reserved.