Repository details

The Universal Protein Resource

Name of repository
The Universal Protein Resource
Additional name(s)
  • UniProt
Repository URL
https://www.uniprot.org/
Subject(s)
Description
The Universal Protein Resource (UniProt) is a comprehensive resource for protein sequence and annotation data. The UniProt databases are the UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB), the UniProt Reference Clusters (UniRef), and the UniProt Archive (UniParc). The UniProt Metagenomic and Environmental Sequences (UniMES) database is a repository specifically developed for metagenomic and environmental data.
Contact
Content type(s)
Certificates and Standards
Keyword(s)
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
  • RRID:SCR_002380
  • RRID:nif-0000-00377
Repository type(s)
  • disciplinary
Mission statement for designated community
https://www.uniprot.org/help/about
Research data repository language(s)
  • English
Data and/or service provider
  • data provider
  • service provider
Institution name
British Heart Foundation
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02wdwnk04
Country
United Kingdom
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
European Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute
Additional name(s)
  • EMBL-EBI
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:02catss52
Contact(s)
Country
European Union
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Institutes of Health
Additional name(s)
  • NIH
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:01cwqze88
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
National Science Foundation
Additional name(s)
  • NSF
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:021nxhr62
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Protein Information Resource
Additional name(s)
  • PIR
Contact(s)
Country
United States
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation
Additional name(s)
  • SERI
  • Staatssekretariat für Bildung, Forschung und Innovation
  • SBFI
Country
Switzerland
Type(s) of responsibility
  • funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Institution name
Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Additional name(s)
  • SIB
Identifier(s)
  • ROR:002n09z45
Contact(s)
  • info@sib.swiss
Country
Switzerland
Type(s) of responsibility
  • general
Type of institution
non-profit

Policies (2)

Policy Name
License and Disclaimer
Policy Name
CoreTrustSeal Assessment

Database access

Type of access to research data repository
open

Database licenses (1)

Database License
CC

Data access (1)

Type of access to data
open

Data licenses (1)

DataLicense
CC

Data upload (1)

Type of data upload
restricted
Data upload restriction type(s)
  • registration

Data upload license (1)

Data upload license name
Submission
Persistent identifier system(s)
  • DOI
  • PURL
Name of the repository software
  • unknown
Data citation guideline
https://www.uniprot.org/help/publications
Enhanced Publication
unknown
Quality management
yes

Application programming interfaces (5)

API type
FTP
API type
REST
API type
REST
API type
SPARQL
API type
other

Metadata standards (1)

Metadata standard name
Repository-Developed Metadata Schemas
Metadata standard scheme
DCC

Alerting services (1)

Type of alerting service
RSS

Remarks

Remarks
UniProt is a partner of International Moleuclar Exchange Consortium (IMEX)
Entry date
2013-04-04
Last update
2020-05-27
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re3data.org: The Universal Protein Resource; editing status 2020-05-27; re3data.org - Registry of Research Data Repositories. http://doi.org/10.17616/R3BW2M last accessed: 2023-06-03