Answer to Question #278587 in Bioinformatics for mmmm

Question

how will you identify the domain of an unknown protein sequence? with an appropriate example, describe in detail the bioinformatics tool, web server, database, and procedure (step by step) that you would use.

Answer 1

One way to identify a domain is to find the part of a target protein that has sequence or structural similarities with a template through homology alignment. Another way is to predict the domain boundaries from a protein sequence.