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The Pfam Result
You should now have the Pfam result open in another window, and it should look like this:
The returned Pfam Result - Sunday October 14, 2018 at 4:09:47 pm
In the Pfam result, you can find out more information about the particular domains by clicking on the link in the 'Family' column.
1) How many significant Pfam matches were turned?
One answer only.
   0
   1
   2
   3
   4
   5
   6
2) The protein is most likely a:
One answer only.
   member of the protein kinase C family
   a RNA polymerase
   a DNA polymerase
   component of the insulin signalling pathway
3) Are there example 3D structures available for all the motifs
One answer only.
   Yes
   No
4) In which general laboratory method could this protein be useful?
One answer only.
   Western Blotting
   PCR
   DCR
   SDS-PAGE
5) In the paper describing the Taq polymerase, exonuclease, from which organism was the enzyme purified?
One answer only.
   Thermal aquaticus
   Thermus waterus
   Thermus aquaticus
   Thermus aquatic
Summary
From the primary amino acid sequence of a protein we have been able to:
  1. find the presence of some possible domains
  2. examine the domains for function
  3. form a hypothesis for the function of the protein (which we could then test experimentally)
  4. discover possible 3D structures for regions of the protein and therefore build a possible model
  5. find the original paper describing a domain structure and function
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