BPAP: a computational tool for whole genome analysis and annotation

Since the genesis of the Human Genome Project, more than 100 genomes have been, sequenced, and over 1000 genomes are expected to be sequenced in the next decade. With the advent of this extensive repertoire of raw sequence information, the next major challenge for a modern researcher is to interpret this wealth of information. At the remarkable rate of progress that is being made in sequencing organisms, experimental research techniques alone cannot keep up with the influx of genomic information. As a powerful complementary approach to experimental techniques, computational sequence analysis can assist in the categorization, characterization and creation of a functional definition of protein sequences. Our efforts have produced a biological protein analysis pipeline that can characterize proteins and attempts to produce working hypothesis of the functional and characteristic nature of a protein in a high throughput, automated manner with a minimum of amount of operational complexity for the user.