TY - JOUR
T1 - PanKB
T2 - An interactive microbial pangenome knowledgebase for research, biotechnological innovation, and knowledge mining
AU - Sun, Binhuan
AU - Pashkova, Liubov
AU - Pieters, Pascal Aldo
AU - Harke, Archana Sanjay
AU - Mohite, Omkar Satyavan
AU - Santos, Alberto
AU - Zielinski, Daniel C.
AU - Palsson, Bernhard O.
AU - Phaneuf, Patrick Victor
PY - 2025
Y1 - 2025
N2 - The exponential growth of microbial genome data presents unprecedented opportunities for unlocking the potential of microorganisms. The burgeoning field of pangenomics offers a framework for extracting insights from this big biological data. Recent advances in microbial pangenomic research have generated substantial data and literature, yielding valuable knowledge across diverse microbial species. PanKB (pankb.org), a knowledgebase designed for microbial pangenomics research and biotechnological applications, was built to capitalize on this wealth of information. PanKB currently includes 51 pangenomes from 8 industrially relevant microbial families, comprising 8402 genomes, over 500 000 genes and over 7M mutations. To describe this data, PanKB implements four main components: (1) Interactive pangenomic analytics to facilitate exploration, intuition, and potential discoveries; (2) Alleleomic analytics, a pangenomic-scale analysis of variants, providing insights into intraspecies sequence variation and potential mutations for applications; (3) A global search function enabling broad and deep investigations across pangenomes to power research and bioengineering workflows; (4) A bibliome of 833 open-access pangenomic papers and an interface with an LLM that can answer in-depth questions using its knowledge. PanKB empowers researchers and bioengineers to harness the potential of microbial pangenomics and serves as a valuable resource bridging the gap between pangenomic data and practical applications.
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AB - The exponential growth of microbial genome data presents unprecedented opportunities for unlocking the potential of microorganisms. The burgeoning field of pangenomics offers a framework for extracting insights from this big biological data. Recent advances in microbial pangenomic research have generated substantial data and literature, yielding valuable knowledge across diverse microbial species. PanKB (pankb.org), a knowledgebase designed for microbial pangenomics research and biotechnological applications, was built to capitalize on this wealth of information. PanKB currently includes 51 pangenomes from 8 industrially relevant microbial families, comprising 8402 genomes, over 500 000 genes and over 7M mutations. To describe this data, PanKB implements four main components: (1) Interactive pangenomic analytics to facilitate exploration, intuition, and potential discoveries; (2) Alleleomic analytics, a pangenomic-scale analysis of variants, providing insights into intraspecies sequence variation and potential mutations for applications; (3) A global search function enabling broad and deep investigations across pangenomes to power research and bioengineering workflows; (4) A bibliome of 833 open-access pangenomic papers and an interface with an LLM that can answer in-depth questions using its knowledge. PanKB empowers researchers and bioengineers to harness the potential of microbial pangenomics and serves as a valuable resource bridging the gap between pangenomic data and practical applications.
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U2 - 10.1093/nar/gkae1042
DO - 10.1093/nar/gkae1042
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 39574409
SN - 0305-1048
VL - 53
SP - D806–D818
JO - Nucleic Acids Research
JF - Nucleic Acids Research
IS - D1
ER -