UniProt

UniProt is the world’s leading high-quality, comprehensive and freely accessible resource of protein sequence and functional information.

Overview

Added

March 17, 2026

Subject & domain

computer-science-advanced · bioinformatics

Grade range

Grade 9 (Freshman)–Grade 12 (Senior)

Pricing

Free

Page kind

Service

Introduction

UniProt Resource Overview and Updates

  • Core Function: UniProt serves as a comprehensive database for protein sequence and functional information, including UniProtKB and Proteomes sections.
  • Recent Updates & News:
    • Ongoing reorganization of the protein space within UniProtKB.
    • Recent focus on the Cheetah and Leopard proteomes.
    • New cross-references added for CARD, FunCoup, PAN-GO, CD-CODE, STRENDA-DB, and YCharOS.
    • Acknowledgment of World AMR Awareness Week, highlighting the impact of antimicrobial resistance.
  • Webinar Series:
    • A series of training webinars is running through May 2026.
    • Topics include functional annotation, BLAST usage, automatic annotation, and variants/disease.
    • Sessions require individual registration; recordings are made available post-event.
  • Collaborating Institutions: The project is a partnership between the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), the Protein Information Resource (PIR), and the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics (SIB).

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