Molecular Interaction Exchange

The International Molecular Exchange Consortium IMEx is the latest effort of data-providers to integrate Protein-Interaction Data –

IMEx provides

• A non-redundant set of protein-protein interaction data from a broad taxonomic range of organisms
• the data in standards compliant download formats (MITAB or PSI-MI XML 2.5)
• Expertly curated from direct submissions or peer-reviewed journals to a consistent high standard.

[ … aiming to … ]

• Develop and work to a single set of curation rules when capturing data from both directly deposited interaction data or from publications in peer-reviewed journals
• Make these interaction available in a single search interface on a common website
• Make all IMEx records freely accessible under the Creative Commons Attribution License

If you’ve been looking for that one-stop shop for getting a representative dataset of Protein-Protein Interactions, this just looks like it. There is an overview available on youtube (see below)

… and a training course on “Networks and Pathways Bioinformatics for Biologists” will take place at EMBL-EBI in May.