Schema for Ensembl Genes - Ensembl Genes
  Database: ponAbe2    Primary Table: ensGene    Row Count: 29,447   Data last updated: 2021-05-25
Format description: A gene prediction with some additional info.
On download server: MariaDB table dump directory
fieldexampleSQL type info description
bin 585smallint(5) unsigned range Indexing field to speed chromosome range queries.
name ENSPPYT00000000001.2varchar(255) values Name of gene (usually transcript_id from GTF)
chrom chr1varchar(255) values Reference sequence chromosome or scaffold
strand -char(1) values + or - for strand
txStart 49930int(10) unsigned range Transcription start position (or end position for minus strand item)
txEnd 66792int(10) unsigned range Transcription end position (or start position for minus strand item)
cdsStart 50103int(10) unsigned range Coding region start (or end position for minus strand item)
cdsEnd 56271int(10) unsigned range Coding region end (or start position for minus strand item)
exonCount 3int(10) unsigned range Number of exons
exonStarts 49930,56254,66641,longblob   Exon start positions (or end positions for minus strand item)
exonEnds 51865,56318,66792,longblob   Exon end positions (or start positions for minus strand item)
score 0int(11) range score
name2 ENSPPYG00000000001.2varchar(255) values Alternate name (e.g. gene_id from GTF)
cdsStartStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS start annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
cdsEndStat cmplenum('none', 'unk', 'incmpl', 'cmpl') values Status of CDS end annotation (none, unknown, incomplete, or complete)
exonFrames 2,0,-1,longblob   Reading frame of the start of the CDS region of the exon, in the direction of transcription (0,1,2), or -1 if there is no CDS region.

Connected Tables and Joining Fields
        ponAbe2.ensGtp.transcript (via ensGene.name)
      ponAbe2.ensPep.name (via ensGene.name)
      ponAbe2.ensemblSource.name (via ensGene.name)
      ponAbe2.ensemblToGeneName.name (via ensGene.name)

Sample Rows
 
binnamechromstrandtxStarttxEndcdsStartcdsEndexonCountexonStartsexonEndsscorename2cdsStartStatcdsEndStatexonFrames
585ENSPPYT00000000001.2chr1-49930667925010356271349930,56254,66641,51865,56318,66792,0ENSPPYG00000000001.2cmplcmpl2,0,-1,
585ENSPPYT00000026852.1chr1+57350574545745457454157350,57454,0ENSPPYG00000023373.1nonenone-1,
585ENSPPYT00000000002.2chr1+1169021236421171181236428116902,117256,117725,118036,118213,119646,123071,123335,117165,117388,117947,118114,118292,119761,123171,123642,0ENSPPYG00000000002.2cmplcmpl0,2,2,2,2,0,1,2,
585ENSPPYT00000000005.2chr1-1252151265741252151265741125215,126574,0ENSPPYG00000000003.2cmplcmpl0,
586ENSPPYT00000000006.2chr1+1472361623041476671607436147236,155664,155886,158074,159512,160272,147850,155727,156015,158236,159686,162304,0ENSPPYG00000000004.2cmplcmpl0,0,0,0,0,0,
587ENSPPYT00000033242.1chr1+2828972920862867322919457282897,286438,286714,287040,287675,289842,291754,283045,286507,286805,287154,287825,289974,292086,0ENSPPYG00000029496.1cmplcmpl-1,-1,0,1,1,1,1,
587ENSPPYT00000000007.1chr1+3511523521063511523521061351152,352106,0ENSPPYG00000000005.1cmplcmpl0,
587ENSPPYT00000000008.1chr1+3625623635173635173635172362562,362914,362913,363517,0ENSPPYG00000000006.1nonenone-1,-1,
587ENSPPYT00000000009.1chr1+3795953805433795953805431379595,380543,0ENSPPYG00000000007.1cmplincmpl0,
589ENSPPYT00000000010.1chr1-5282685292255282685292251528268,529225,0ENSPPYG00000000008.1cmplcmpl0,

Note: all start coordinates in our database are 0-based, not 1-based. See explanation here.

Ensembl Genes (ensGene) Track Description
 

Description

These gene predictions were generated by Ensembl.

For more information on the different gene tracks, see our Genes FAQ.

Methods

For a description of the methods used in Ensembl gene predictions, please refer to Hubbard et al. (2002), also listed in the References section below.

Data access

Ensembl Gene data can be explored interactively using the Table Browser or the Data Integrator. For local downloads, the genePred format files for ponAbe2 are available in our downloads directory as ensGene.txt.gz or in our genes download directory in GTF format.

For programmatic access, the data can be queried from the REST API or directly from our public MySQL servers. Instructions on this method are available on our MySQL help page and on our blog.

Previous versions of this track can be found on our archive download server.

Credits

We would like to thank Ensembl for providing these gene annotations. For more information, please see Ensembl's genome annotation page.

References

Hubbard T, Barker D, Birney E, Cameron G, Chen Y, Clark L, Cox T, Cuff J, Curwen V, Down T et al. The Ensembl genome database project. Nucleic Acids Res. 2002 Jan 1;30(1):38-41. PMID: 11752248; PMC: PMC99161