Author/Authors :
J. Balesdent and J. P. Gaudet ، نويسنده , , L. Lane، نويسنده , , Nicholas P. Fey، نويسنده , , A. Bridge، نويسنده , , S. Poux، نويسنده , , A. Auchincloss، نويسنده , , K. Axelsen، نويسنده , , S. Braconi Quintaje، نويسنده , , E. Boutet، نويسنده , , P. Brown، نويسنده , , E. Coudert، نويسنده , , R.S. Datta، نويسنده , , W.C. de Lima، نويسنده , , T. de Oliveira Lima، نويسنده , , S. Duvaud، نويسنده , , N. Farriol-Mathis، نويسنده , , S. Ferro Rojas، نويسنده , , M. Feuermann، نويسنده , , A. Gateau، نويسنده , , U. Hinz، نويسنده ,
Abstract :
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot, a curated protein database, and dictyBase, the Model Organism Database for Dictyostelium
discoideum, have established a collaboration to improve data sharing. One of the major steps in this effort was the
‘Dicty annotation marathon’, a week-long exercise with 30 annotators aimed at achieving a major increase in the
number of D. discoideum proteins represented in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. The marathon led to the annotation of over
1000 D. discoideum proteins in UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot. Concomitantly, there were a large number of updates in dictyBase concerning gene symbols, protein names and gene models. This exercise demonstrates how UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot can work in very close cooperation with model organism databases and how the annotation of proteins can be accelerated through those collaborations.
