Biomaterial Database

Insights into protein function through large-scale computational analysis of sequence and structure. 2001

M Weir, and M Swindells, and J Overington

Inpharmatica, London, UK. m.weir@inpharmatica.co.uk

Functional genomic and proteomic technologies are producing biological data relating to hundreds, or even thousands of proteins per experiment. Rapid and accurate computational analysis of the molecular function of these proteins is therefore crucial in order to interpret these data and prioritize further experiments.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008958	Models, Molecular	Models used experimentally or theoretically to study molecular shape, electronic properties, or interactions; includes analogous molecules, computer-generated graphics, and mechanical structures.	Molecular Models,Model, Molecular,Molecular Model
D011487	Protein Conformation	The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).	Conformation, Protein,Conformations, Protein,Protein Conformations
D011506	Proteins	Linear POLYPEPTIDES that are synthesized on RIBOSOMES and may be further modified, crosslinked, cleaved, or assembled into complex proteins with several subunits. The specific sequence of AMINO ACIDS determines the shape the polypeptide will take, during PROTEIN FOLDING, and the function of the protein.	Gene Products, Protein,Gene Proteins,Protein,Protein Gene Products,Proteins, Gene
D005075	Biological Evolution	The process of cumulative change over successive generations through which organisms acquire their distinguishing morphological and physiological characteristics.	Evolution, Biological
D019295	Computational Biology	A field of biology concerned with the development of techniques for the collection and manipulation of biological data, and the use of such data to make biological discoveries or predictions. This field encompasses all computational methods and theories for solving biological problems including manipulation of models and datasets.	Bioinformatics,Molecular Biology, Computational,Bio-Informatics,Biology, Computational,Computational Molecular Biology,Bio Informatics,Bio-Informatic,Bioinformatic,Biologies, Computational Molecular,Biology, Computational Molecular,Computational Molecular Biologies,Molecular Biologies, Computational
D020539	Sequence Analysis, Protein	A process that includes the determination of AMINO ACID SEQUENCE of a protein (or peptide, oligopeptide or peptide fragment) and the information analysis of the sequence.	Amino Acid Sequence Analysis,Peptide Sequence Analysis,Protein Sequence Analysis,Sequence Determination, Protein,Amino Acid Sequence Analyses,Amino Acid Sequence Determination,Amino Acid Sequence Determinations,Amino Acid Sequencing,Peptide Sequence Determination,Protein Sequencing,Sequence Analyses, Amino Acid,Sequence Analysis, Amino Acid,Sequence Analysis, Peptide,Sequence Determination, Amino Acid,Sequence Determinations, Amino Acid,Acid Sequencing, Amino,Analyses, Peptide Sequence,Analyses, Protein Sequence,Analysis, Peptide Sequence,Analysis, Protein Sequence,Peptide Sequence Analyses,Peptide Sequence Determinations,Protein Sequence Analyses,Protein Sequence Determination,Protein Sequence Determinations,Sequence Analyses, Peptide,Sequence Analyses, Protein,Sequence Determination, Peptide,Sequence Determinations, Peptide,Sequence Determinations, Protein,Sequencing, Amino Acid,Sequencing, Protein
D030342	Genetic Diseases, Inborn	Diseases that are caused by genetic mutations present during embryo or fetal development, although they may be observed later in life. The mutations may be inherited from a parent's genome or they may be acquired in utero.	Hereditary Diseases,Genetic Diseases,Genetic Disorders,Hereditary Disease,Inborn Genetic Diseases,Single-Gene Defects,Defect, Single-Gene,Defects, Single-Gene,Disease, Genetic,Disease, Hereditary,Disease, Inborn Genetic,Diseases, Genetic,Diseases, Hereditary,Diseases, Inborn Genetic,Disorder, Genetic,Disorders, Genetic,Genetic Disease,Genetic Disease, Inborn,Genetic Disorder,Inborn Genetic Disease,Single Gene Defects,Single-Gene Defect