---
name: "GO::Metadata::Panther"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "libgo-perl"
version: "0.15-10"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/GO::Metadata::Panther"
---

# GO::Metadata::Panther(3pm)

Species info for data used by Panther Clusters

## NAME

GO::Metadata::Panther - Species info for data used by Panther Clusters

## SYNOPSIS

```
 use GO::Metadata::Panther;
 my $s = GO::Metadata::Panther->code('YEAST');
```

## DESCRIPTION

Inherits functions from GO::Metadata::UniProt::Species.

Accesses information related to species in the Panther *seq2pthr.gz* file.  This file can be fetched from: \<ftp://ftp.pantherdb.org/genome/pthr7.0/\>

### Exportable Subroutines

- **panther\_codes()**

  Returns the list of UniProt species codes that are used in Panther clusters.

- GO::Metadata::Panther-\>**panther\_all()**

  Returns a list of `"GO::Metadata::Panther"` objects that are used in Panther clusters.

- valid\_codes(...)

  Returns a true value in every argument is a UniProt species code used in Panther cluster.  Otherwise returns false.

### OO Function

- GO::Metadata::Panther-\>new(...);

  This basically hands things off to GO::Metadata::UniProt::Species's new function.   Populates that with other Panther/GO specific information, and does some error correction.

- $s-\>**ncbi\_taxa\_ids()**

  Returns the list of NCBI taxa identifiers associated with the UniProt species code.  In a perfect word this will only every return one value.  In any case, the first value will be the actual numeric identifier associated.

- $s-\>**prefers()**

  Returns a list of id types (generally to be populated in `"dbxref.xref_dbname"`) in order of preference of use.  If a null list, we have never encountered a conflict that needed resolving.

### SEE ALSO

GO::Metadata::UniProt::Species

### AUTHOR

Sven Heinicke \<sven@genomics.princeton.edu\</gt\>