InterPro is a database of protein families, domains and functional sites in which identifiable features found in known proteins can be applied to unknown protein sequences.

Prefix

interpro

Preferred Prefix

interpro

Alternative Prefixes

IP InterPro IPR

Keywords

bioinformatics biology domain obo ontology protein

License

CC0-1.0

Links

Homepage Repository Mailing List

Contact

Alex Bateman   0000-0002-6982-4660

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in InterPro should match this regular expression:
^IPR\d{6}$

Example Local Unique Identifier

IPR016380   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from InterPro should match this regular expression:
^interpro:IPR\d{6}$

Example CURIE

interpro:IPR016380

Publications

• 2024 InterPro: the protein sequence classification resource in 2025
• 2023 InterPro in 2022
• 2021 The InterPro protein families and domains database: 20 years on
• 2019 InterPro in 2019: improving coverage, classification and access to protein sequence annotations
• 2005 InterPro, progress and status in 2005

A summary of the relations in the Bioregistry schema can be found here.

In Collection

Global Biodata Coalition - Global Core Biodata Resources Synapse.org external links

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 15 mappings to external registries for this resource with 8 unique external prefixes.

When using this resource in RDF, the following URI format should be used:

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IPR_$1

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 IPR016380 is used to demonstrate the providers available for InterPro. Some providers may use a different example, which is displayed in the table below. 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.