Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool

SMART
Content
Description	Identification scheme for protein domains.
Data types captured	Protein domains
Organisms	all
Contact
Research center	European Molecular Biology Laboratory
Primary citation	PMID 18978020
Access
Website	http://smart.embl-heidelberg.de
Miscellaneous
License	Free to academics, but not commercial users
Version	7
Curation policy	Yes

Simple Modular Architecture Research Tool (SMART) is a biological database that is used in the identification and analysis of protein domains within protein sequences. SMART uses profile-hidden Markov models built from multiple sequence alignments to detect protein domains in protein sequences. The most recent release of SMART contains 1,009 domain models. Data from SMART was used in creating the Conserved Domain Database collection and is also distributed as part of the InterPro database. The database is hosted by the European Molecular Biology Laboratory in Heidelberg.