SIMAP - structuring the network of protein similarities

Protein sequences are the most important source of evolutionary and functional information for new proteins. In order to facilitate the computationally intensive tasks of sequence analysis, the Similarity Matrix of Proteins (SIMAP) database aims to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date dataset of the precalculated sequence similarity matrix and sequencebased features like InterPro domains for all proteins contained in the major public sequence databases. As of September 2007, SIMAP covers 17 million proteins and more than 6 million non-redundant sequences and provides a complete annotation based on InterPro 16. Novel features of SIMAP include a new, portlet-based web portal providing multiple, structured views on retrieved proteins and integration of protein clusters and a unique search method for similar domain architectures. Access to SIMAP is freely provided for academic use through the web portal for individuals at http://mips.gsf.de/ simap/and through Web Services for programmat...

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2008
• Where: NAR
• Authors: Thomas Rattei, Patrick Tischler, Roland Arnold, Franz Hamberger, Jörg Krebs, Jan Krumsiek, Benedikt Wachinger, Volker Stümpflen, Hans-Werner Mewes
• Keywords: NAR 2008, Protein, SIMAP, Similarity Matrix