Protein Function Prediction Methods

Protein Function Prediction Methods

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What is the main challenge in postgenomic era?

Functionally characterizing newly discovered proteins

Why do early approaches to protein function prediction fail?

They rely too heavily on homology relationships

What percentage of proteins in the NCBI database have no assigned function?

40%

What is the purpose of protein function prediction?

<p>To assign biological or biochemical roles to proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are machine learning approaches currently applied to protein function prediction problems?

<p>Because they are more accurate than other approaches</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a limitation of early approaches to protein function prediction?

<p>They rely on homology relationships</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of the exponential increase in the number of newly identified proteins?

<p>An increase in the number of proteins with unknown function</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is needed to address the gap in functional characterization of newly discovered proteins?

<p>More accurate approaches using expressive data representation and sophisticated computational techniques</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the goal of protein function prediction?

<p>To assign biological or biochemical roles to proteins</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why are computational methods necessary for protein function prediction?

<p>Because they can handle large amounts of genomic sequence data</p> Signup and view all the answers

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