UniProt, short for the Universal Protein Resource, is a comprehensive, high-quality database of protein sequence and functional information. It serves as a central hub for researchers in the fields of genomics, proteomics, and bioinformatics. UniProt is maintained by a consortium of organizations, primarily the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB), and the Protein Information Resource (PIR).
For an example with context, have a look at E. Coli K-12 MG1655 and the second protein of the genome, e. Coli K-12 MG1655 gene thrA.
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