Bioinformatics

Identification-Identify a “hypothetical protein” in the genome of an organism of interest Homology-Using BLAST, identify potential well-characterized homologs Evolution-Build a phylogenetic tree of appropriate sequences Structure- Analyze predicted secondary and tertiary structure Expression-Identify potential transcription dynamics Interactions-Identify potential protein-protein interactions Pathways-Identify potential involvement of the protein in cellular pathways Next steps-Design an experiment to test the hypothesis you data suggests This project will be submitted as both a research paper and presented to the class. The format for the presentation will mirror the paper. The research paper should be 15-20 pages, not including references. The presentation must include screen shots of the actual data and analysis.