Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool (SMART) is a
biological database
Biological databases are libraries of biological sciences, collected from scientific experiments, published literature, high-throughput experiment technology, and computational analysis. They contain information from research areas including genom ...
that is used in the identification and analysis of
protein domains within protein sequences.
SMART uses
profile-hidden Markov models built from
multiple sequence alignments to detect protein domains in protein sequences. The most recent release of SMART contains 1,204 domain models.
Data from SMART was used in creating the
Conserved Domain Database collection and is also distributed as part of the
InterPro database.
The database is hosted by the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to molecular biology research and is supported by 27 member states, two prospect states, and one associate member state. EMBL was created in 1974 and ...
in Heidelberg.
References
External links
SMART web site
Protein structure
Protein classification
Biological databases
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