Multiple choice

Which among the following database is a largely manual classification of protein structural domains based on similarities of their structures and amino acid sequences

  1. SCOP

  2. CATH

  3. FSSP

  4. Pfam

  5. SUPERFAMILY

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Explanation

The Structural Classification of Proteins (SCOP) database is a largely manual classification of protein structural domains based on similarities of their structures and amino acid sequences. A motivation for this classification is to determine the evolutionary relationship between proteins.