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Nucleic Acids Research, 2008, Vol. 36, Database issue D480-D484
© 2007 The Author(s)
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KEGG for linking genomes to life and the environment

Minoru Kanehisa1,2,*, Michihiro Araki2, Susumu Goto1, Masahiro Hattori1, Mika Hirakawa1,3, Masumi Itoh1, Toshiaki Katayama2, Shuichi Kawashima2, Shujiro Okuda1, Toshiaki Tokimatsu1 and Yoshihiro Yamanishi1

1Bioinformatics Center, Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Uji, Kyoto 611-0011, 2Human Genome Center, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8639 and 3Institute for Bioinformatics Research and Development, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8666, Japan

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. Tel: +81 774 38 3270; Fax: +81 774 38 3269; Email: kanehisa{at}kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Received September 13, 2007. Revised September 30, 2007. Accepted October 1, 2007.

KEGG (http://www.genome.jp/kegg/) is a database of biological systems that integrates genomic, chemical and systemic functional information. KEGG provides a reference knowledge base for linking genomes to life through the process of PATHWAY mapping, which is to map, for example, a genomic or transcriptomic content of genes to KEGG reference pathways to infer systemic behaviors of the cell or the organism. In addition, KEGG provides a reference knowledge base for linking genomes to the environment, such as for the analysis of drug-target relationships, through the process of BRITE mapping. KEGG BRITE is an ontology database representing functional hierarchies of various biological objects, including molecules, cells, organisms, diseases and drugs, as well as relationships among them. KEGG PATHWAY is now supplemented with a new global map of metabolic pathways, which is essentially a combined map of about 120 existing pathway maps. In addition, smaller pathway modules are defined and stored in KEGG MODULE that also contains other functional units and complexes. The KEGG resource is being expanded to suit the needs for practical applications. KEGG DRUG contains all approved drugs in the US and Japan, and KEGG DISEASE is a new database linking disease genes, pathways, drugs and diagnostic markers.


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