The MEROPS database is an information resource for peptidases (also termed proteases, proteinases and proteolytic enzymes) and the proteins that inhibit them. These are hierarchically classified and assigned to a Family on the basis of statistically significant similarities in amino acid sequence. Families thought to be homologous are grouped together in a Clan. This collection references peptidase families.

Prefix

merops.family

Links

Homepage

Contact

Neil D Rawlings   0000-0001-5557-7665

Pattern for Local Unique Identifiers

Local identifiers in MEROPS Family should match this regular expression:
^[SCTAGMNU]\d+$

Example Local Unique Identifier

S1   Resolve

Pattern for CURIES

Compact URIs (CURIEs) constructed from MEROPS Family should match this regular expression:
^merops\.family:[SCTAGMNU]\d+$

Example CURIE

merops.family:S1

Publications

2018 The MEROPS database of proteolytic enzymes, their substrates and inhibitors in 2017 and a comparison with peptidases in the PANTHER database

References

GitHub Issue https://github.com/biopragmatics/bioregistry/issues/439

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

Part Of (bfo:0000050 )

merops (not directly registered)

The metaregistry provides mappings between the Bioregistry and other registries. There are 3 mappings to external registries for this resource with 1 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 S1 is used to demonstrate the providers available for MEROPS Family. A guide for curating additional providers can be found here.