The Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) project -- application of GO in SWISS-PROT, TrEMBL and InterPro
2003

The Gene Ontology Annotation (GOA) Project

publication Evidence: moderate

Author Information

Author(s): Evelyn Camon, Daniel Barrell, Catherine Brooksbank, Michele Magrane, Rolf Apweiler

Primary Institution: European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)

Conclusion

The GOA project significantly contributes to the understanding of proteomes by providing over 2.5 million GO associations across various protein entries.

Supporting Evidence

  • The GOA project has assigned GO terms to all complete and incomplete proteomes in SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL.
  • GOA files are updated monthly to reflect the latest data.
  • The project aims to enhance the understanding of proteomes by providing functional information on proteins.

Takeaway

The GOA project helps scientists understand what proteins do by organizing information about them in a way that's easy to search and use.

Methodology

The project uses a combination of electronic mappings and manual curation to assign GO terms to proteins.

Limitations

The project currently covers only 64% of the SWISS-PROT and TrEMBL data, with plans to increase this coverage.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1002/cfg.235

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