Protist.guru: a comparative transcriptomics database for the protist kingdom
Villanueva, E. M. F.; Lim, P. K.; Lim, J. J. J.; Lim, S. C.; Lau, P. Y.; Koh, K. T. S.; Tan, E.; Kairon, R. S.; See, W. A.; Liao, J. X.; Hee, K. M.; Vijay, V.; Maitra, I.; Boon, C. J.; Fo, K.; Wang, Y. T.; Jaya, R.; Hew, L. A.; Lim, Y. Y.; Lee, W. Q.; Lee, Z. Q.; Foo, H.; Lopes dos Santos, A.; Mutwil, M.
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SummaryDuring the last few decades, the study of microbial ecology has been enabled by molecular and genomic data. DNA sequencing has revealed the surprising extent of microbial diversity and how microbial processes run global ecosystems. However, significant gaps in our understanding of the microbial world remain, and one example is that microbial eukaryotes, or protists, are still neglected. To address this gap, we used gene expression data from 15 distinct protist species to create protist.guru: an online database equipped with tools for identifying functional co-expression networks, gene families, and enriched gene clusters. Here, we show how our database can be used to reveal genes involved in essential pathways, such as the synthesis of secondary carotenoids in Haematococcus lacustris. We expect protist.guru to serve as a valuable resource for protistologists, as well as a catalyst for discoveries and new insights into the biological processes of microbial eukaryotes. AvailabilityThe database and co-expression networks are freely available from http://protist.guru/. The expression matrices and sample annotations are found in the supplementary data.
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