HSPIR: a manually annotated heat shock protein information resource

Kumar, Ratheesh R and Nagarajan, NS and Arunraj, SP and Sinha, Devanjan and Rajan, Vinoth Babu Veedin and Esthaki, Vinoth Kumar and D'Silva, Patrick (2012) HSPIR: a manually annotated heat shock protein information resource. In: BIOINFORMATICS, 28 (21). pp. 2853-2855.

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Abstract

Heat shock protein information resource (HSPIR) is a concerted database of six major heat shock proteins (HSPs), namely, Hsp70, Hsp40, Hsp60, Hsp90, Hsp100 and small HSP. The HSPs are essential for the survival of all living organisms, as they protect the conformations of proteins on exposure to various stress conditions. They are a highly conserved group of proteins involved in diverse physiological functions, including de novo folding, disaggregation and protein trafficking. Moreover, their critical role in the control of disease progression made them a prime target of research. Presently, limited information is available on HSPs in reference to their identification and structural classification across genera. To that extent, HSPIR provides manually curated information on sequence, structure, classification, ontology, domain organization, localization and possible biological functions extracted from UniProt, GenBank, Protein Data Bank and the literature. The database offers interactive search with incorporated tools, which enhances the analysis. HSPIR is a reliable resource for researchers exploring structure, function and evolution of HSPs.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	BIOINFORMATICS
Publisher:	OXFORD UNIV PRESS,
Additional Information:	Copyright for this article belongs to OXFORD UNIV PRESS, ENGLAND
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	31 Dec 2012 05:47
Last Modified:	31 Dec 2012 05:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/45478

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