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Some evidence examples

1. Experimental data If a piece of information has been experimentally shown in a paper, this will be indicated with the details of the paper used (Figure 5).

Figure 5 Function section of UniProtKB entry G5EFP5 (Caenorhabditis elegans fut-3) showing the paper from which the data have been extracted.

2. Data copied from an experimentally characterised protein

For information which has been transferred from a related experimentally characterised protein, the accession number of the characterised protein is provided (Figure 6).

Figure 6 UniProtKB entry D3DJ41 (Hydrogenobacter thermophilus cfiA) showing the accession number of the entry from which the modified residue has been transferred.

3. Imported data

If information has been imported from another database, the database name and identifier of the entry from which the information has been imported are provided (Figure 7).

Figure 7 UniProtKB entry E9Q4Z2 (mouse Acacb) showing that the gene name has been imported from the Mouse Genome Informatics (MGI) resource.

4. Predicted data

Information which has been predicted by the UniProtKB automatic annotation system or by the sequence analysis programs that are used during the manual curation process are linked to their original source (Figure 8).

Figure 8 UniProtKB entry Q7QDV0 (Anopheles gambiae (African malaria mosquito) AgaP_AGAP010429) showing protein function information predicted by automatic annotation.
 You can find out more about evidence codes in UniProtKB on the UniProt website.