Question

Which resource is NOT primarily used for protein analysis?

• A. ExPASy
• B. UniProt
• C. InterPro
• D. GenBank

Hint:

Important biological databases: \[ \boxed{ \begin{aligned} \text{GenBank} &\rightarrow \text{DNA/RNA sequences} \text{UniProt} &\rightarrow \text{Protein sequences} \text{InterPro} &\rightarrow \text{Protein domains} \text{ExPASy} &\rightarrow \text{Protein analysis tools} \end{aligned} } \]

Answer 1

The Correct Option is D

Step 1: Recall the purpose of each database. \[ \begin{aligned} \text{ExPASy} &\rightarrow \text{Protein analysis tools} \text{UniProt} &\rightarrow \text{Protein sequence and function database} \text{InterPro} &\rightarrow \text{Protein families and domains} \text{GenBank} &\rightarrow \text{Nucleotide sequence database} \end{aligned} \]

Step 2: Identify the database not primarily used for protein analysis. Since GenBank is mainly a repository of nucleotide (DNA/RNA) sequences rather than protein analysis, \[ \boxed{\text{GenBank}} \] is the correct answer. Therefore, \[ \boxed{(D)} \] is the correct answer.