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Chapter 10. Classification of Protein Function

  1. Arthur M. Lesk
  1. A. M. Lesk3,
  2. H. Parkinson1,
  3. J. C. Whisstock2

Published Online: 8 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0470012420.ch10

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

How to Cite

Lesk, A. M., Parkinson, H. and Whisstock, J. C. (2005) Classification of Protein Function, in Database Annotation in Molecular Biology (ed A. M. Lesk), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470012420.ch10

Editor Information

  1. Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 512 Wartik Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Author Information

  1. 1

    Microarray Informatics Team, The European Bioinformatics Institute, EMBL Cambridge Outstation, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK

  2. 2

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Victorian Bioinformatics Consortium, Monash University, Clayton Campus, Melbourne, Victoria 3168, Australia

  3. 3

    Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Pennsylvania State University, 512 Wartik Laboratory, University Park, PA 16802, USA

Publication History

  1. Published Online: 8 JUN 2005
  2. Published Print: 26 NOV 2004

ISBN Information

Print ISBN: 9780470856819

Online ISBN: 9780470012420

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Keywords:

  • eye lens proteins;
  • protein function;
  • The Gene OntologyTM Consortium;
  • molecular function;
  • biological process;
  • cellular compartment;
  • gene ontology;
  • PROSITE;
  • structural similarity

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • Mechanisms of Divergence of Protein Function

  • Classification of Protein Functions

  • Methods for Assigning Protein Function

  • Applications of Full-organism Information: Inferences from Genomic Context and Protein Interaction Patterns

  • Conclusions

  • References