What does this research mean for the field?

The UniProt database has expanded to 80 million sequences and implemented new structural features, including 10-character accession numbers, proteome identifiers, and annotation scores, to manage the exponential growth of protein data. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.METHODOLOGICAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

What question did this study set out to answer?

The aim is to facilitate protein research by providing a comprehensive database of protein sequences and their annotations.

October 27, 2014Nucleic Acids ResearchOpen Access

UniProt: a hub for protein information

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TDTunca DoğanHacettepe University

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Implication

UniProt expands protein sequence database, enhances user experience, and adds tracking tools for better analysis.

Key Points

The aim is to facilitate protein research by providing a comprehensive database of protein sequences and their annotations.
Updated database to 80 million protein sequences
Introduced a new proteome identifier for better tracking
Implemented an annotation score for protein characterization
Expanded accession number space from 6 to 10 characters
Most new sequences are duplicates from existing data
All data is freely accessible online for users

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Tunca Doğan (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2430a3637bef72baab4e7c https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gku989

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