{"id":130,"date":"2020-04-29T12:43:24","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T12:43:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/sample-page-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T15:03:43","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T15:03:43","slug":"what-is-interpro","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/what-is-interpro\/","title":{"rendered":"What is InterPro?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/interpro\/\" target=\"_blank\">InterPro<\/a>&nbsp;is a bioinformatics resource that provides functional analysis of protein sequences by classifying them into families and predicting the presence of domains and important sites (Figure 1). To classify proteins in this way, InterPro uses predictive models, known as signatures, provided by several different databases (referred to as&nbsp;<strong>member databases<\/strong>) that make up the InterPro Consortium.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"396\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-396x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2133\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-396x1024.png 396w, https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-116x300.png 116w, https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-768x1987.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-594x1536.png 594w, https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-792x2048.png 792w, https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/training\/online\/courses\/interpro-functional-and-structural-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/32\/2026\/02\/ifs1-scaled.png 989w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 396px) 100vw, 396px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Figure 1<\/strong> The <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/interpro\/\" target=\"_blank\">InterPro homepage<\/a> easily accessible by clicking on the InterPro link in the Proteins panel on the&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ebi.ac.uk\/services\/proteins\" target=\"_blank\">EBI services<\/a>&nbsp;page.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>InterPro&nbsp;is a bioinformatics resource that provides functional analysis of protein sequences by classifying them into families and predicting the presence of domains and important sites (Figure 1). 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