UniProt Protein Coding Genes Quiz
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What do the databases Ensemble, WormBase, and FlyBase primarily focus on?

  • Pathways
  • Gene expression
  • Genomes (correct)
  • Literature and ontologies

    • What is the primary focus of the bioinformatics database GenBank?

  • Genomes (correct)
  • Gene expression
  • Literature and ontologies
  • Pathways

    • Which type of databases focus on biomolecular structure according to the text?

  • Genomes
  • Protein structure (correct)
  • Literature and ontologies
  • Pathways

    • Which bioinformatics database is known for focusing on small molecules?

    <p>PubChem</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In the context of bioinformatics databases, what does PFAM primarily classify?

    <p>Protein families, domains, and motifs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which database would be most useful for studying specific proteins of biomedical importance according to the text?

    <p>KinaseDB</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of information can be detailed for protein coding genes on UniProt?

    <p>Literature and ontologies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    In which database can one find information about protein families, their species distribution, number in humans, and residue-wise conservation?

    <p>PFAM</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which database offers high resolution protein structures to examine mutation details?

    <p>PDB</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of variants of an enzyme are involved in gastric cancer and other human diseases?

    <p>Mutations</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which positions in a protein are typically responsible for GTP binding?

    <p>Active sites</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of information is known about a protein family regarding its distribution, number in humans, and conservation?

    <p>Residue-wise conservation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main purpose of GO (Gene Ontology)?

    <p>Providing a controlled vocabulary for describing gene product characteristics</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which database provides hand-curated best representations of transcripts or proteins?

    <p>RefSeq</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the unique identifiers in GenBank flat file format records?

    <p>ACCESSION numbers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot from UniProtKB/TrEMBL?

    <p>Redundant and automatically annotated vs. non-redundant and high-quality manual annotation</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What distinguishes experimentally verified transcripts and proteins in RefSeq entries?

    <p>They start with 'NM_' or 'NP_'</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of records does FASTA sequence files consist of?

    <p>Records that begin with '&gt;' followed by sequence information</p> Signup and view all the answers

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