Data access componentData access component is designed to provide Sirius with connection to external databases and enable context-dependent interaction with remote resources. As of this release, this component provides BLAST interface to run similarity searches within the Uniprot database, as well as to run quick context-specific searches in Pubmed database. The component is tied to the rest of the environment, so that when a structure is clicked in the 3D display or a sequence is selected in the sequence viewer, the corresponding entry name is shown in the query text field. This query is then used to run the search. In case of BLAST, primary amino acid sequence is used, while for Pubmed any metadata available for the selected entry are used (name of the protein, common name, authors of the structure paper, etc.). Topics specific to the particular database access panels are covered in these sections:
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