UniProt

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).