UniProt Reference Clusters

Search or downlo the UniProt Reference Cluster databases- UniRef coinbines dosely related sequences into a single record tg spaed sequence searches. 

The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) provides the scientific community with a centralized, authoritative resource for protein sequences and functional information with three database components. (1) The UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB), produced by a combination of automation and over 25 years of human curation, is the central protein sequence database with accurate, consistent, functional annotation and extensive cross-references. (2) The UniProt Reference Clusters (UniRef) provide clustered sets of sequences from UniProtKB (including splice variants and isoforms) in order to obtain complete coverage of sequence space at several resolutions. The UniRef 100 database is particularly useful for Mass Spec identifications as it exposes known sequence variation and splice-form annotation contained in UniProtKB records. (3) The UniProt Archive (UniParc) provides a stable comprehensive sequence collection by storing the complete body of all publicly available protein sequence data. 

The UniProt Reference databases (UniRel) provide nonredundant data collections based on the UniProtKB and UniParc, in order to obtain complete coverage of sequence space at several resolutions. UniRef databases (sequence collections clustered by sequence identity, for performing faster homology searches) are created as representative protein sequence databases witli high information content. 

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