Metal ions play a considerable role in protein structure and function. The roles of most metals and their importance are determined by the arrangements of the interacting atoms in the three-dimensional protein structure. This information is essential in predicting the geometry of the atoms involved in metal coordination. The deviation of the other atoms from the best plane is another crucial factor. The proposed web server, PlaneFinder, provides a fast and efficient method to calculate the best-fit plane for a set of atoms involved in the metal coordination. It provides in addition other possible planes by considering the maximum number of interacting atoms as well as user-selected atoms. The deviations of the selected atoms and other atoms from the best-fit plane are also displayed. PlaneFinder is freely available and can be accessed at http://bioserver1.physics. iisc.ac.in/plane/.
Understanding the diversity and functioning of microbial communities in acidic marsh land is extremely less investigated in contrast to soils and aquatic ecosystems. This study implemented Illumina high-throughput sequencing to explore the microbial communities and xenobiotic degrading enzymes in the acidic marshland. Taxonomic analysis using SILVA SSU database stated that Proteobacteria (66.74 %), Bacteroidetes (6.98%) and acidobacteria (2.35 %) were the most abundant phylum in the acidic marshland. Functional analysis by SEED subsystems showed that 1.62 % substitute to metabolism of aromatic compound while KO indicates 1.86% of metabolism are involved in xenobiotic biodegradation. KO analysis also indicated the benzoate degradation pathway (ko00362) are predominant while Chlorocyclohexane and chlorobenzene degradation pathway (ko00361), Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon degradation pathway (ko00624) Aminobenzoate degradation pathway (ko00627) is largely present in the acidic marshland.
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