Ligand Expo is a data resource for finding information about small molecules bound to proteins and nucleic acids.

Prefix

ligandexpo

Keywords

chemical interaction life science nucleic acid protein structure

Links

Homepage

Contact

John Westbrook   0000-0002-6686-5475

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in Ligand Expo should match this regular expression:
^(\w){3}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

ABC   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from Ligand Expo should match this regular expression:
^ligandexpo:(\w){3}$

Example CURIE

ligandexpo:ABC

Publications

2004 Ligand Depot: a data warehouse for ligands bound to macromolecules

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 7 mappings to external registries for this resource with 4 unique external prefixes.

A provider turns a local unique identifiers from a resource into a URI. Many providers are also resolvable as URLs (i.e., they can be used in a web browser).

The local unique identifier ABC is used to demonstrate the providers available for Ligand Expo. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.

Additional providers curated in the Bioregistry are listed here. These are typically inherited from Identifiers.org or Prefix Commons, and need extra curation.