Superfamily database
| Content | |
|---|---|
| Description | The SUPERFAMILY database provides structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. |
| Data types captured | Protein families, genome annotation, alignments, Hidden Markov models (HMMs) |
| Organisms | all |
| Contact | |
| Research center | University of Bristol |
| Laboratory | |
| Primary citation | PMID 19036790 |
| Access | |
| Data format | FASTA format |
| Website | supfam |
| Download URL | supfam |
| Miscellaneous | |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Version | 1.75 |
SUPERFAMILY is a database and search platform of structural and functional annotation for all proteins and genomes. It classifies amino acid sequences into known structural domains, especially into SCOP superfamilies. Domains are functional, structural, and evolutionary units that form proteins. Domains of common Ancestry are grouped into superfamilies. The domains and domain superfamilies are defined and described in SCOP. Superfamilies are groups of proteins which have structural evidence to support a common evolutionary ancestor but may not have detectable sequence homology.