Number of references (2023/9/27)
| total | 70,398 |
| pathway | 6,566 |
| brite | 446 |
| module | 1,097 |
| ko | 28,125 |
| genome | 6,272 |
| agenes | 3,028 |
| glycan | 930 |
| reaction | 2,030 |
| enzyme | 15,948 |
| network | 2,507 |
| variant | 1,654 |
| disease | 10,516 |
Data-oriented entry points
KEGG databases
| Category | Entry point | Database | Content | Classification |
| Systems information |
KEGG PATHWAY | PATHWAY | KEGG pathway maps | Pathway maps |
| KEGG BRITE | BRITE | BRITE hierarchies and tables | Brite hierarchies Brite tables |
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| KEGG MODULE KEGG RModule |
MODULE | KEGG modules and reaction modules | Modules Reaction modules |
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| Genomic information |
KEGG ORTHOLOGY KEGG Annotation |
KO | Functional orthologs | KO |
| KEGG GENES KEGG SeqData |
GENES | Genes and proteins | ||
| KEGG GENOME KEGG Virus |
GENOME | Genomes of cellular organisms and viruses | Organisms Viruses |
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| Chemical information |
KEGG COMPOUND | COMPOUND | Metabolites and other small molecules | Compounds |
| KEGG GLYCAN | GLYCAN | Glycans | ||
| KEGG REACTION | REACTION RCLASS |
Biochemical reactions Reaction class |
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| KEGG Enzyme | ENZYME | Enzyme nomenclature with sequence data | EC sequence data | |
| Health information |
KEGG NETWORK | NETWORK VARIANT |
Disease-related network variations Human gene variants |
Network variation maps |
| KEGG DISEASE | DISEASE | Human diseases | Human diseases Infectious diseases |
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| KEGG DRUG | DRUG DGROUP |
Drugs Drug groups |
Drugs (ATC) Drugs (target) Antiinfectives |
Associated tools
| Category | Entry point | Content |
| Systems information |
KEGG Mapper | Suite of KEGG mapping tools |
| Genomic information |
KEGG Taxonomy | Taxonomy mapping tool |
| KEGG Synteny | Genome comparison and synteny analysis tool |
Five types of database navigation bars
| KEGG2 | PATHWAY | BRITE | MODULE | KO | GENES COMPOUND NETWORK DISEASE DRUG | |||
| KEGG2 | PATHWAY | BRITE | MODULE | KO | Annotation | Taxonomy | Synteny | Mapper |
| KEGG2 | PATHWAY | BRITE | MODULE | KO | GENES GENOME Virus SeqData Enzyme | |||
| KEGG2 | PATHWAY | BRITE | MODULE | KO | COMPOUND | GLYCAN | REACTION | RModule |
| KEGG2 | PATHWAY | BRITE | MODULE | KO | NETWORK | DISEASE | DRUG | MEDICUS |
MEDICUS extension
| Category | Entry point | Database | Content |
| Health information |
KEGG MEDICUS | JAPIC | Japanese drug labels |
| DailyMed | FDA drug labels (links only) |
GenomeNet extension
| Category | Entry point | Database | Content |
| Genomic information |
KEGG Metagenomes | MGENES | Genes in metagenomes |
| MGENOME | Metagenomes of environmental samples |
Organism-specific entry points
KEGG organisms - list of currently available organisms with organism codes and organism group names
Organism groups and pangenomes
| Organism group | Pangenome | Genome | ||
| Eukaryotes | Animals Plants Fungi Protists |
Genus level pangenomes |
Species level pangenomes |
KEGG organisms |
| Prokaryotes | Bacteria Archaea |
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KEGG is developed by Kanehisa Laboratories. See Kanehisa et al. (2021) for updates of KEGG.
Other tools for analysis and retrieval
- DBGET
- Integrated database retrieval system [entry format]
- BlastKOALA
- Automatic KO assignment by BLASTP sequence similarity search
- GhostKOALA
- Automatic KO assignment by GHOSTX sequence similarity search
- KofamKOALA
- Automatic KO assignment by HMM profile search (served by GenomeNet)
See more tools at GenomeNet.
Last updated: October 1, 2022