Datatypes

KEGG Orthology (KO) identifier

ID kegg_orthology_id

DatatypeNot PIIidentifierDraft

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Identifier of a KEGG Orthology group: a manually defined group of orthologous genes that matches a node in KEGG pathway maps and BRITE hierarchies, used to assign functions to genes. It is K and a number.

Categories
Scientific
Countries
Global (not tied to a country)
Languages
Common to most languages
Bioregistry
kegg.orthology
Quality
85/100 · missing: translation, detector coverage
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Regular expression

^K\d+$

Python re syntax.

Examples

ValueDescription
K00001ADH, alcohol dehydrogenase; Bioregistry example
K00844HK, hexokinase
k00001 invalidLowercase k

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