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List of orthology databases
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| Database | Description / Scientific focus applications (Max. 2 sentences) | Last updated | Update frequency | QFO Reference Proteomes | Taxonomic range covered | Number of organisms | Web service available | OrthoXML available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DIOPT | Integrative ortholog prediction tool of 10 algorithms | 2016 | partially | major model organisms | 9 | yes | no | |
| Ensembl Compara | Evolutionary relationships among Ensembl species genes; Projection of gene names and GO annotations | 2016 | 4-5x / year | no | all domains of life through 6 divisions (sets of species) | 66 chordates and 240 others | yes | yes |
| InParanoid | Database of 2-species ortholog groups with inparalogs; inparalogs and seed orthologs are assigned a confidence score | 2014 | yes | all domains of life, mostly eukaryotic | 273 | no | yes | |
| OMA | Phylogenetic reconstruction, function prediction and ancestral genome content through different types of orthologous groups | 2016 | 2x / year | partially | all domains of life | >1800 | yes | yes |
| PANTHER | Evolutionary relationships among model organism genes; Inference of gene function using GO terms | 2016 | yearly | yes | all domains of life | 104 | yes | no |
| PLAZA | Plant comparative genomics database, focusing on dicots, monocots and green algae. More info about data types here | 2014 | no | Viridiplantae | Dicots 3.0 31, Monocots 3.0 16 | no | no | |
| TreeFam | Catalogue of gene families; Phylogenetic reconstruction | 2012 | Next update in 2015 | no | metazoans + model eukaryotes | 109 | no | no |
Other databases:
- HOPS
- INVHOGEN
- PhIGs
- PHOG