The UniProt Knowledgebase (UniProtKB) contains a vast amount of protein sequence and function information. Expert curation in UniProtKB includes a critical review of experimental data from the literature as well as predicted data from sequence analysis tools. A representative set of publications is selected as evidence for the data. Thus, many literature articles with potentially relevant content may not be associated with a protein entry.
We have developed a prototype for literature submission where you will be able to add publications that you deem relevant to a protein entry, along with performing several optional tasks, such as classifying the article and adding annotations.
Contribute in a few simple steps:
We have developed a prototype for literature submission where you will be able to add publications that you deem relevant to a protein entry, along with performing several optional tasks, such as classifying the article and adding annotations.
Contribute in a few simple steps:
- Find your UniProt protein entry of interest
- Sign in with your ORCID ID (you can create one during the submission process if you do not already have one)
- Fill in the submission form (retrieve publication and add annotation)
- Submit
The publication and annotations will be included in the publication section of the UniProt entry in a future UniProt release. ORCIDs are used to validate and credit your contribution. The publications section currently provides all expert-curated literature as well as an additional set of computationally mapped literature.
Why should you contribute?
- You are the expert
- It will help scale up curation
- It will provide a comprehensive set of articles related to a given protein entry
Benefits to you
- You will be credited for the papers and annotations contributed
- Your contribution will be citable and can be used to broaden the impact of your research
- You can play a role in improving the database
- A better database will better support the whole research community
With the community expert contributions, UniProt will enable access to a more comprehensive set of articles and annotations, enabling discovery and benefitting the wider research community.
Try it!
Access to prototype:
