Hello, I'm a newer, I don't know about GO term, what's that mean. I have a protein sequence, I blast it to NR and got that info: >ref|ZP_05687769.1| acyltransferase 3 [Staphylococcus aureus A9635] gb|EEV68775.1| acyltransferase 3 [Staphylococcus aureus A9635] Length=603 Score = 1216 bits (3147), Expect = 0.0, Method: Compositional matrix adjust. Identities = 600/603 (99%), Positives = 602/603 (99%), Gaps = 0/603 (0%) Query 1 MDTKDFKRLEKMYSPRYLPGLDGLRAFAVIGIIIYHLNAQWLSGGFLGVDTFFVISGYLI 60 MDTKDFKRLEKMYSPRYLPGLDGLRAFAVIGIIIYHLNAQWLSGGFLGVDTFFVISGYLI Sbjct 1 MDTKDFKRLEKMYSPRYLPGLDGLRAFAVIGIIIYHLNAQWLSGGFLGVDTFFVISGYLI 60 Query 61 TSLLISEYYRTQKIDLLEFWKRRLKRLIPAVLFLICVVLTFTLIFKPELIIQMKRDAIAA 120 TSLLISEYYRTQKIDLLEFWKRRLKRLIPAVLFLICVVLTFTLIFKPELIIQMKRDAIAA Sbjct 61 TSLLISEYYRTQKIDLLEFWKRRLKRLIPAVLFLICVVLTFTLIFKPELIIQMKRDAIAA 120 Query 121 IFYVSNWWYISQNVDYFNQFAIEPLKHLWSLAIEEQFYLLFPLVITFLLHRFKPRNIIQT 180 IFYVSNWWYISQNVDYFNQFAIEPLKHLWSLAIEEQFYLLFPLVITFLLHRFKPRNIIQT Sbjct 121 IFYVSNWWYISQNVDYFNQFAIEPLKHLWSLAIEEQFYLLFPLVITFLLHRFKPRNIIQT 180 Query 181 LFIVSLISLGLMIVIHFITGDNSRVYFGTDTRLQTLLLGCILAFIWPPFALKKDISKKIV 240 LFIVSLISLGLMIVIHFITGDNSRVYFGTDTRLQTLLLGCILAFIWPPFALKKDISKKIV Sbjct 181 LFIVSLISLGLMIVIHFITGDNSRVYFGTDTRLQTLLLGCILAFIWPPFALKKDISKKIV 240 Query 241 VSLDIIGISGFAVLMTLFFIVGDQDQWIYNGGFYIISFATLFIIAIAVHPSSLFAKFLSM 300 VSLDIIGISGFAVLMTLFFIVGDQDQWIYNGGFYIISFATLFIIAIAVHPSSLFAKFLSM Sbjct 241 VSLDIIGISGFAVLMTLFFIVGDQDQWIYNGGFYIISFATLFIIAIAVHPSSLFAKFLSM 300 Query 301 KPLLIIGKRSYSLYLWHYPIIVFVNSYYVQGQIPVYVYIIEILLTALMAEISYRFIETPI 360 KPLLIIGKRSYSLYLWHYPIIVFVNSYYVQGQIPVYVY+IEILLTALMAEISYRFIETPI Sbjct 301 KPLLIIGKRSYSLYLWHYPIIVFVNSYYVQGQIPVYVYVIEILLTALMAEISYRFIETPI 360 Query 361 RKKGFKAFAFLPKKKGQFARTVLVILLLVPSIVVLSGQFDALGKQHEAEKKEKKTEFKTT 420 RKKGFKAFAFLPKKKGQFARTVLVILLLVPSIVVLSGQFDALGKQHEAEKKEKKTEFKTT Sbjct 361 RKKGFKAFAFLPKKKGQFARTVLVILLLVPSIVVLSGQFDALGKQHEAEKKEKKTEFKTT 420 Query 421 KKKVVKKDKQEDKQTANSKEDIKKSSPLLIGDSVMVDIGNVFTKKIPNAQIDGKVGRQLV 480 KKKVVKKDKQEDKQTANSKEDIKKSSPLLIGDSVMVDIGNVFTKKIPNAQIDGKVGRQLV Sbjct 421 KKKVVKKDKQEDKQTANSKEDIKKSSPLLIGDSVMVDIGNVFTKKIPNAQIDGKVGRQLV 480 Query 481 DATPIVKSQYKDYAKKGQKVVVELGTNGAFTKDQLNELLDSFGKADIYLVSIRVPRDYEG 540 DATPIVKSQYKDYAKKGQKVVVELGTNGAFTKDQLNELLDSFGKADIYLVSIRVPRDYEG Sbjct 481 DATPIVKSQYKDYAKKGQKVVVELGTNGAFTKDQLNELLDSFGKADIYLVSIRVPRDYEG 540 Query 541 RINKLIYEAAEKRSNVHLVDWYKASAGHPEYFAYDGIHLEYAGSKALTDLIVKTMETHAT 600 RINKLIYEAAEKRSNVHLVDWYKAS GHPEYFAYDGIHLEYAGSKALTDLIVKTMETHAT Sbjct 541 RINKLIYEAAEKRSNVHLVDWYKASEGHPEYFAYDGIHLEYAGSKALTDLIVKTMETHAT 600 Query 601 NKK 603 NK+ Sbjct 601 NKR 603 Is the go term in the string : acyltransferase 3 [Staphylococcus aureus A9635] gb|EEV68775.1| acyltransferase 3 [Staphylococcus aureus A9635], if so, what is it? ------------------ litcltc_gs@qq.com [[alternative HTML version deleted]]

On Thu, Mar 31, 2011 at 01:51:14PM +0800, ??? wrote: > Hello, I'm a newer, I don't know about GO term, what's that mean. GO ist short for "Gene Ontology". It's an ontology for functional annotation of genes/proteins. There is plenty of additional information on the project homepage: http://www.geneontology.org/ cu Philipp -- Dr. Philipp Pagel Lehrstuhl f?r Genomorientierte Bioinformatik Technische Universit?t M?nchen Wissenschaftszentrum Weihenstephan Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 3 85354 Freising, Germany http://webclu.bio.wzw.tum.de/~pagel/