Description
The
Superfamily
track shows proteins having homologs with known structures or functions.
Each entry on the track shows the coding region of a gene (based on Ensembl gene predictions).
In full display mode, the label for an entry consists of the names of
all known protein domains encoded by this gene. This
usually contains structural and/or functional descriptions that provide valuable
information to help users get a quick grasp of the biological significance of the
gene.
Methods
Data are downloaded from the Superfamily server.
Using the cross-reference between Superfamily entries and Ensembl gene prediction
entries and their alignment to the appropriate genome, the associated data are
processed to generate a simple BED format track.
Credits
Superfamily was developed by
Julian
Gough at the MRC Laboratory
of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.
Gough, J., Karplus, K., Hughey, R. and
Chothia, C. (2001). "Assignment of Homology to Genome Sequences using a
Library of Hidden Markov Models that Represent all Proteins of Known Structure".
J. Mol. Biol., 313(4), 903-919.
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