Content | |
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Description | Identification scheme for protein domains. |
Data types captured | Protein domains |
Organisms | all |
Contact | |
Research center | European Molecular Biology Laboratory |
Primary citation | PMID 18978020 |
Access | |
Website | http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de |
Miscellaneous | |
License | Free to academics, but not commercial users |
Version | 7 |
Curation policy | Yes |
Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool (SMART) is a biological database that is used in the identification and analysis of protein domains within protein sequences.[1][2] SMART uses profile-hidden Markov models built from multiple sequence alignments to detect protein domains in protein sequences. The most recent release of SMART contains 1,204 domain models.[3] Data from SMART was used in creating the Conserved Domain Database collection and is also distributed as part of the InterPro database.[4] The database is hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg.