Getting Started¶

Pfam is hosted by InterPro. All the information contained within Pfam is accessible in the website of this protein sequences resource by browsing by member database and choosing Pfam. For more information about InterPro you can have a look at its documentation.

Site organisation¶

Scheme of the organisation of the information in the Pfam database.

Schematic representation of the organisation of the information in the Pfam database. The arrows represent the flow of data.¶

Note the InterPro entries use the term Conserved site for Motif for consistency with the rest of the member databases that form part of the InterPro consortium.