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Protein sequence databases.

Rolf Apweiler¹, Amos Bairoch, Cathy H Wu

¹The EMBL Outstation-The European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK. apweiler@ebi.ac.uk

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

|March 24, 2004

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Protein sequence databases are crucial for research, evolving from simple repositories to comprehensive, curated resources. The Universal Protein Knowledgebase (UniProt) is highlighted as a leading example.

Area of Science:

Bioinformatics
Proteomics
Genomics

Background:

Protein sequence databases are essential resources for biological research.
These databases range from basic sequence repositories to expertly curated universal databases.
The importance of protein databases is increasing as research shifts from genomes to proteins.

Purpose of the Study:

To discuss leading protein sequence databases.
To emphasize the resources provided by the Universal Protein Knowledgebase (UniProt) consortium.

Main Methods:

Review of existing protein sequence databases.
Comparative analysis of database types (simple repositories vs. curated universal databases).

Main Results:

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Identification of different types of protein sequence databases.
Highlighting the comprehensive nature and enhanced information in curated databases.
Recognition of the Universal Protein Knowledgebase (UniProt) as a key resource.

Conclusions:

Protein sequence databases are vital and evolving resources for the scientific community.
Curated universal databases offer significant advantages for protein information retrieval.
The Universal Protein Knowledgebase (UniProt) represents a leading platform in this field.