Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is incorrect for SCOP?

  1. It stands for Structural Classification of Proteins.

  2. It is semi-automatic and hierachical classification of protein domains.

  3. It is a database which has manual classification of protein structural domains based on similarities of their amino acid sequences and three-dimensional structures.

  4. It utilises four levels of hierachical structural classification.
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Statement B claims SCOP is 'semi-automatic and hierarchical' but SCOP is actually primarily manual with expert curation, not semi-automatic. Statement A is correct (Structural Classification of Proteins). Statement C is correct (manual classification based on sequence and structural similarities). Statement D is correct (four hierarchical levels: Class, Fold, Superfamily, Family). Thus B is the incorrect statement.

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