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Chapter 8. Annotation of Protein Sequences

  1. Arthur M. Lesk
  1. Winona C. Barker1,
  2. Cathy H. Wu2

Published Online: 8 JUN 2005

DOI: 10.1002/0470012420.ch8

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

Database Annotation in Molecular Biology

How to Cite

Barker, W. C. and Wu, C. H. (2005) Annotation of Protein Sequences, in Database Annotation in Molecular Biology (ed A. M. Lesk), John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester, UK. doi: 10.1002/0470012420.ch8

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

    National Biomedical Research Foundation, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Box 571414, Washington, D.C. 20057-1414, USA

  2. 2

    Georgetown University Medical Center, 3900 Reservoir Road NW, Box 571455, Washington, D.C. 20057-1455, 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:

  • Protein sequence databases;
  • UniProt;
  • Protein Information Resource (PIR);
  • InterPro;
  • PIR superfamily;
  • automated annotation;
  • glycosyltransferase;
  • hexosyltransferase';
  • signal sequence

Summary

This chapter contains sections titled:

  • Introduction

  • What is Annotation?

  • UniProt: Universal Protein Resource

  • Protein Family Classification

  • InterPro: Integrated Resource of Protein Families, Domains and Sites

  • PIR Protein Families and Superfamilies

  • Ontologies

  • Protein Names, Source Information and Unique Identifiers

  • Common Identification Errors

  • Evidence Attribution

  • Position Specific Annotations

  • Rule-based Annotation

  • Conclusions

  • Acknowledgements

  • References