TY - JOUR
T1 - A community standard format for the representation of protein affinity reagents
AU - Gloriam, David Erik Immanuel
AU - Orchard, Sandra
AU - Bertinetti, Daniela
AU - Björling, Erik
AU - Bongcam-Rudloff, Erik
AU - Borrebaeck, Carl A K
AU - Bourbeillon, Julie
AU - Bradbury, Andrew R M
AU - de Daruvar, Antoine
AU - Dübel, Stefan
AU - Frank, Ronald
AU - Gibson, Toby J
AU - Gold, Larry
AU - Haslam, Niall
AU - Herberg, Friedrich W
AU - Hiltke, Tara
AU - Hoheisel, Jörg D
AU - Kerrien, Samuel
AU - Koegl, Manfred
AU - Konthur, Zoltán
AU - Korn, Bernhard
AU - Landegren, Ulf
AU - Montecchi-Palazzi, Luisa
AU - Palcy, Sandrine
AU - Rodriguez, Henry
AU - Schweinsberg, Sonja
AU - Sievert, Volker
AU - Stoevesandt, Oda
AU - Taussig, Michael J
AU - Ueffing, Marius
AU - Uhlén, Mathias
AU - van der Maarel, Silvère
AU - Wingren, Christer
AU - Woollard, Peter
AU - Sherman, David J
AU - Hermjakob, Henning
N1 - Keywords: Database Management Systems; Databases, Protein; Humans; International Cooperation; Proteome; Proteomics; Terminology as Topic
PY - 2010/1
Y1 - 2010/1
N2 - Protein affinity reagents (PARs), most commonly antibodies, are essential reagents for protein characterization in basic research, biotechnology, and diagnostics as well as the fastest growing class of therapeutics. Large numbers of PARs are available commercially; however, their quality is often uncertain. In addition, currently available PARs cover only a fraction of the human proteome, and their cost is prohibitive for proteome scale applications. This situation has triggered several initiatives involving large scale generation and validation of antibodies, for example the Swedish Human Protein Atlas and the German Antibody Factory. Antibodies targeting specific subproteomes are being pursued by members of Human Proteome Organisation (plasma and liver proteome projects) and the United States National Cancer Institute (cancer-associated antigens). ProteomeBinders, a European consortium, aims to set up a resource of consistently quality-controlled protein-binding reagents for the whole human proteome. An ultimate PAR database resource would allow consumers to visit one on-line warehouse and find all available affinity reagents from different providers together with documentation that facilitates easy comparison of their cost and quality. However, in contrast to, for example, nucleotide databases among which data are synchronized between the major data providers, current PAR producers, quality control centers, and commercial companies all use incompatible formats, hindering data exchange. Here we propose Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI)-PAR as a global community standard format for the representation and exchange of protein affinity reagent data. The PSI-PAR format is maintained by the Human Proteome Organisation PSI and was developed within the context of ProteomeBinders by building on a mature proteomics standard format, PSI-molecular interaction, which is a widely accepted and established community standard for molecular interaction data. Further information and documentation are available on the PSI-PAR web site.
AB - Protein affinity reagents (PARs), most commonly antibodies, are essential reagents for protein characterization in basic research, biotechnology, and diagnostics as well as the fastest growing class of therapeutics. Large numbers of PARs are available commercially; however, their quality is often uncertain. In addition, currently available PARs cover only a fraction of the human proteome, and their cost is prohibitive for proteome scale applications. This situation has triggered several initiatives involving large scale generation and validation of antibodies, for example the Swedish Human Protein Atlas and the German Antibody Factory. Antibodies targeting specific subproteomes are being pursued by members of Human Proteome Organisation (plasma and liver proteome projects) and the United States National Cancer Institute (cancer-associated antigens). ProteomeBinders, a European consortium, aims to set up a resource of consistently quality-controlled protein-binding reagents for the whole human proteome. An ultimate PAR database resource would allow consumers to visit one on-line warehouse and find all available affinity reagents from different providers together with documentation that facilitates easy comparison of their cost and quality. However, in contrast to, for example, nucleotide databases among which data are synchronized between the major data providers, current PAR producers, quality control centers, and commercial companies all use incompatible formats, hindering data exchange. Here we propose Proteomics Standards Initiative (PSI)-PAR as a global community standard format for the representation and exchange of protein affinity reagent data. The PSI-PAR format is maintained by the Human Proteome Organisation PSI and was developed within the context of ProteomeBinders by building on a mature proteomics standard format, PSI-molecular interaction, which is a widely accepted and established community standard for molecular interaction data. Further information and documentation are available on the PSI-PAR web site.
KW - Former Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
U2 - 10.1074/mcp.M900185-MCP200
DO - 10.1074/mcp.M900185-MCP200
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 19674966
SN - 1535-9476
VL - 9
SP - 1
EP - 10
JO - Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
JF - Molecular and Cellular Proteomics
IS - 1
ER -