Protein prediction and alignment

[ajuava]

Use blastx to predict protein function from amino acid sequence by comparing to other known proteins using homology and preserved domains, im pretty sure you can also install it as a module in python (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi)

Use clustal Ω to align multiple amino acid or dna sequences (https://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/msa/clustalo/)

Also can use jpred to try and infer secondary protein structure (http://www.compbio.dundee.ac.uk/jpred/)

[erturkkadir]

https://chemrxiv.org/articles/COVID-19_Disease_ORF8_and_Surface_Glycoprotein_Inhibit_Heme_Metabolism_by_Binding_to_Porphyrin/11938173

may give some hint