SCOP database in 2002: refinements accommodate structural genomics.

ABSTRACT: The SCOP (Structural Classification of Proteins) database is a comprehensive ordering of all proteins of known structure, according to their evolutionary and structural relationships. Protein domains in SCOP are grouped into species and hierarchically classified into families, superfamilies, folds and classes. Recently, we introduced a new set of features with the aim of standardizing access to the database, and providing a solid basis to manage the increasing number of experimental structures expected from structural genomics projects. These features include: a new set of identifiers, which uniquely identify each entry in the hierarchy; a compact representation of protein domain classification; a new set of parseable files, which fully describe all domains in SCOP and the hierarchy itself

SUBMITTER: Lo Conte L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC99154 | biostudies-literature | 2002 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature