class Bio::KEGG::Keggtab

Description

Parse ‘keggtab’ KEGG database definition file which also includes Taxonomic category of the KEGG organisms.

References

The ‘keggtab’ file is included in

Format

File format is something like

# KEGGTAB
#
# name            type            directory                    abbreviation
#
enzyme            enzyme          $BIOROOT/db/ideas/ligand     ec
ec                alias           enzyme
(snip)
# Human
h.sapiens         genes           $BIOROOT/db/kegg/genes       hsa
H.sapiens         alias           h.sapiens
hsa               alias           h.sapiens
(snip)
#
# Taxonomy
#
(snip)
animals           alias           hsa+mmu+rno+dre+dme+cel
eukaryotes        alias           animals+plants+protists+fungi
genes             alias           eubacteria+archaea+eukaryotes