Ontology
The Gene Ontology is a an initiative to compile and represent the gene and it's products across all organisms with symbolic terms. There are many databases available, and each have their own advantages. The three below have been chosen due to their ease of use and free availability to all researchers. MT-CO1 has been searched through the databases to determine the biological processes it is involved in, cellular component, and molecular function.
The Gene Ontology Project
Despite the gene specific emphasis in the name of the resource the
Gene Ontology Project was useful in finding ontologies associated with Cytochrome c Oxidase subunit 1. The project uses
AmiGO to retrieve the relevant information
[1].
There were 15 ontologies found with the
Gene Ontology project, and they were divided into 3 groups (Biological Process, Cellular Component, Molecular Function). These 15 ontologies are listed below along with their accession numbers.
Go All Viewer Analysis
Go All Viewer is able to retrieve information relevant to a protein's ontology and compile it visually.
Go All was able to obtain 16 ontologies for Cytochrome c Oxidase Subunit 1 in humans (Listed below).
QuickGO
Refrences
[1] Carbon S, Ireland A, Mungall CJ, Shu S, Marshall B, Lewis S, AmiGO Hub, Web Presence Working Group. AmiGO: online access to ontology and annotation data.
Bioinformatics. Jan 2009;25(2):288-9. [
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