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ArticleNAR genomics and bioinformatics2026

Identifying fundamental gaps in functional metagenomics: a step towards unlocking microbiome research potential.

Sumeet K Tiwari, Andrea Telatin, Dipali Singh

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Sumeet K TiwariQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3615-447X
Andrea TelatinQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7619-281X
Dipali SinghQuadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich Research Park, Norwich NR4 7UQ, United Kingdom.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5238-6561

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Abstract

Incomplete functional annotation limits biological interpretation in microbiome studies and their translational potential. Poor annotation arises from multiple causes, with incomplete gene-protein-reaction mapping being one tractable yet under-examined contributor. We address this gap by developing a comprehensive hierarchical framework that systematically integrates gene families in UniRef, proteins in UniProt, and metabolic reactions in MetaCyc and BioCyc through UniProtKB accession, EC number, and Pfam-domain matching. Applied to a human gut metagenome dataset via HUMAnN3, our MetaCyc-based mapping recovers up to 2.3-fold more unique reaction identifiers than the default pipeline and increases reaction prevalence across samples from

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Gastrointestinal MicrobiomeMetagenomeMetagenomicsMicrobiotaHumansMolecular Sequence Annotation

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PMID42712939
PMCPMC13551040

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