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The difficulty in identifying NPPs is a consequence of their diversity and the lack of applicable sequence similarity among the short functionally related NPs.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Results: Herein, we describe Neuropeptide Precursor Identifier (NeuroPID), a machine learning scheme that predicts metazoan NPPs. NeuroPID was trained on hundreds of identified NPPs from the UniProtKB database. Some 600 features were extracted from the primary sequences and processed using support vector machines (SVM) and ensemble decision tree classifiers. These features combined biophysical, chemical and informational\u2013statistical properties of NPs and NPPs. Other features were guided by the defining characteristics of the dibasic cleavage sites motif. NeuroPID reached 89\u201394% accuracy and 90\u201393% precision in cross-validation blind tests against known NPPs (with an emphasis on Chordata and Arthropoda). NeuroPID also identified NPP-like proteins from extensively studied model organisms as well as from poorly annotated proteomes. We then focused on the most significant sets of features that contribute to the success of the classifiers. We propose that NPPs are attractive targets for investigating and modulating behavior, metabolism and homeostasis and that a rich repertoire of NPs remains to be identified.<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Availability: NeuroPID source code is freely available at http:\/\/www.protonet.cs.huji.ac.il\/neuropid<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Contact: \u00a0michall@cc.huji.ac.il<\/jats:p>\n               <jats:p>Supplementary information: \u00a0Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1093\/bioinformatics\/btt725","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2013,12,15]],"date-time":"2013-12-15T01:09:42Z","timestamp":1387069782000},"page":"931-940","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":42,"title":["NeuroPID: a predictor for identifying neuropeptide precursors from metazoan proteomes"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"30","author":[{"given":"Dan","family":"Ofer","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Biological Chemistry, Institute of Life Sciences, The Edmond J. 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