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Human Protein Reference Database—2009 update

  1. Akhilesh Pandey3,4,5,*

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  1. 1Institute of Bioinformatics, International Tech Park, Bangalore 560 066, 2Department of Biotechnology, Kuvempu University, Shankaraghatta, Karnataka, India, 3McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine, 4Department of Biological Chemistry and 5Department of Pathology and Oncology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
  1. *To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +410 502 6662; Fax: +410 502 7544; Email: pandey@jhmi.edu
  2. Correspondence may also be addressed to T. S. Keshava Prasad. Tel: (+91) 80-28416140; Fax: (+91) 80-28416132; Email: keshav@ibioinformatics.org
  • Received September 16, 2008.
  • Revision received October 20, 2008.
  • Accepted October 22, 2008.

Abstract

Human Protein Reference Database (HPRD—http://www.hprd.org/), initially described in 2003, is a database of curated proteomic information pertaining to human proteins. We have recently added a number of new features in HPRD. These include PhosphoMotif Finder, which allows users to find the presence of over 320 experimentally verified phosphorylation motifs in proteins of interest. Another new feature is a protein distributed annotation system—Human Proteinpedia (http://www.humanproteinpedia.org/)—through which laboratories can submit their data, which is mapped onto protein entries in HPRD. Over 75 laboratories involved in proteomics research have already participated in this effort by submitting data for over 15 000 human proteins. The submitted data includes mass spectrometry and protein microarray-derived data, among other data types. Finally, HPRD is also linked to a compendium of human signaling pathways developed by our group, NetPath (http://www.netpath.org/), which currently contains annotations for several cancer and immune signaling pathways. Since the last update, more than 5500 new protein sequences have been added, making HPRD a comprehensive resource for studying the human proteome.

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    1. Nucl. Acids Res. 37 (suppl 1): D767-D772. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkn892 This article appears in:Database issue
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