Mercator4
Mercator4 is an online tool for assigning functional annotations to protein sequences from land plants, including flowering plants, ferns, horsetails, mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. It can also annotate highly conserved proteins from green algae groups of Archaeplastida. User-submitted protein sequences can be visualized online or downloaded for further analysis, for example in combination with MapMan.
Key benefits
Functional annotation of plant protein sequences
Coverage of major land plant lineages and conserved green algae proteins
Online visualization of annotation results
Downloadable outputs for downstream analysis
Compatible with MapMan-based pathway visualization workflows
Applications
Functional annotation of newly sequenced plant proteins
Classification of proteins for pathway-based interpretation
Preparation of annotation files for MapMan visualization
Exploration of functional profiles in plant omics datasets
Comparative analysis of plant protein function categories
Intended use
Mercator4 is intended for plant scientists, molecular biologists, bioinformaticians, and omics researchers working with plant protein sequence data. It is particularly suited for users who want to assign functional categories to plant proteins and use these annotations for downstream visualization, pathway interpretation, or comparative analysis.
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