Determining the biological process or function of genes

[dpryan]

This was also cross-posted on Biostars, where Jeremy Leipzig and I both already replied. Please don't cross-post, it creates double work.

[GenoMax]

You are working with a very uncommon genome so this is not going to be a trivial task. You are going to have to start blasting the sequences and doing some legwork to assign a putative function to the proteins you have identified as DE.

You can find the protein sequence for the gene models at the link Devon had posted yesterday: http://marinegenomics.oist.jp/genome...s?project_id=3

Only 13 proteins from Acropora appear to be in RefSeq: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/protein?...from_uid=10529

[PurplePancake]

I have a list of DEGs from DESeq from A.digitifera coral. I put them into DAVID software as a list, selected Identifier as "OFFICIAL_GENE_SYMBOL", chose Gene List, and then submitted the list. Then, I chose "Option 1: Convert the gene list to DAVID". None of the genes were in the DAVID database, was what was indicated as the result.

Is there any software I could use that might be better for my species? I just need to do this (very) quick and dirty (for now). I am interested to determine biological processes or functions of these DEGs I have. Here is a sublist of the DEGs, in case:

(I appreciate any help!!!!)

aug_v2a.00154.t1
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