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Chapter title
The Classification of Protein Domains.
Chapter number 7
Book title
Bioinformatics
Published in
Methods in molecular biology, January 2017
DOI 10.1007/978-1-4939-6622-6_7
Pubmed ID
Book ISBNs
978-1-4939-6620-2, 978-1-4939-6622-6
Authors

Natalie Dawson, Ian Sillitoe, Russell L. Marsden, Christine A. Orengo

Editors

Jonathan M. Keith

Abstract

The significant expansion in protein sequence and structure data that we are now witnessing brings with it a pressing need to bring order to the protein world. Such order enables us to gain insights into the evolution of proteins, their function and the extent to which the functional repertoire can vary across the three kingdoms of life. This has lead to the creation of a wide range of protein family classifications that aim to group proteins based upon their evolutionary relationships.In this chapter we discuss the approaches and methods that are frequently used in the classification of proteins, with a specific emphasis on the classification of protein domains. The construction of both domain sequence and domain structure databases is considered and we show how the use of domain family annotations to assign structural and functional information is enhancing our understanding of genomes.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
Unknown 43 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 26%
Student > Master 8 19%
Student > Bachelor 7 16%
Student > Doctoral Student 4 9%
Researcher 3 7%
Other 6 14%
Unknown 4 9%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 16 37%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 10 23%
Computer Science 7 16%
Unspecified 2 5%
Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine 1 2%
Other 3 7%
Unknown 4 9%