Where does Prokka take EC numbers from?

Question

[fyfes]

Hi guys, do you know based on which database does prokka assign EC numbers to found proteins? KEGG or NCBI database or an internal db? thanks

[fyfes]

Thabk you, do you know if it is possible to dowload prokkas EC number database? For my research I need the exact number of all ec num ers in prokka database. Thanks!

Answer 1

[Mensur Dlakic]

Prokka assigns all annotations by copying fasta headers from its internal database, or from HMM descriptions.

The meaning of EC numbers is explained at ExPASy, specifically in this file. Prokka has all the files used for annotations in db/genus and db/kingdom directories.