Alzheimer's Gene Ontology Annotation Initiative
This initiative (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/functional-gene-annotation/neurological), led by Dr Ruth Lovering, represents collaboration between University College London, the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI), and University of Manchester, funded by Alzheimer’s Research UK.
The Gene Ontology (GO) vocabulary is the accepted standard for the functional annotation of proteins. By using GO to curate scientific literature and by integrating results from high-throughput experiments we are creating an information-rich resource for the Alzheimer’s research community, enabling researchers to rapidly evaluate and interpret existing data and generate hypotheses to guide future research.
People involved:
| Principal Investigator | Dr Ruth Lovering, Centre for Cardiovascular Genetics, Institute of Cardiovascular Science, UCL. |
| Co-applicants | Professor Nigel M. Hooper, Division of Neuroscience and Experimental Psychology, School of Biological Sciences, University of Manchester. |
| GO annotators | Dr Ruth Lovering, Dr Barbara Kramarz |
| Collaborators |
Dr Maria Martin, Protein Function Development, EMBL-EBI.
Professor Paul Whiting, Alzheimer's Research UK, UCL Drug
Discovery Institute, UCL. |
Target List
During the next six-months proteins shown to bind to amyloid-beta, listed in Table 1 in PMID:26719327 (Jarosz-Griffiths et al., 2016), will be prioritised for annotation by the Alzheimer's Gene Ontology Annotation Initiative.
The prioritised proteins are available as a combined list and can be used as a filter option in the QuickGO browser Gene Product ID tab (ARUK-UCL).
Jarosz-Griffiths, H. H., Noble, E., Rushworth, J. V. and Hooper, N. M. (2016) Amyloid-β Receptors: The Good, the Bad, and the Prion Protein. J Biol Chem 291(7), 3174-3183