NEWT

NEWT provides searchable taxonomic access to the complete set of species represented in SWISS-PROT and those catalogued at the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI), supporting species-level mapping of protein entries and daily taxonomy updates.

Key Features:

• Taxonomy coverage: Contains the complete set of species represented in SWISS-PROT and species catalogued at NCBI with daily taxonomy updates.
• Hierarchical taxonomy tree: Represents taxonomy as a hierarchical tree enabling traversal and linkage of taxonomy nodes to protein records.
• Protein entry linkage: Maps and links taxonomy nodes directly to corresponding SWISS-PROT protein entries.
• External cross-references: Provides selectable external links to species-specific information in external resources.

Scientific Applications:

• Molecular biology: Supports species identification and mapping for protein annotation in molecular biology studies.
• Genomics and proteomics: Provides up-to-date taxonomy for comparative genomics and proteomics analyses.
• Evolutionary and comparative analyses: Supplies hierarchical taxonomy data for evolutionary studies and comparative analyses.

Methodology:

Integrates taxonomy data from SWISS-PROT and NCBI to assemble a hierarchical taxonomy and map taxonomy nodes to SWISS-PROT protein entries.