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 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Protein families, domains, and motifs (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Literature and ontologies (B)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>PDB (C)</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 (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>Active sites (D)</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 (C)</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 (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>RefSeq (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

<p>ACCESSION numbers (A)</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 (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What distinguishes experimentally verified transcripts and proteins in RefSeq entries?

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

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