# interproscan

## Summary

+ **Module Name:** interproscan
+ **Support Level:** Secondary Support
+ **Software Access Level:** Open Access
+ **Home Page:** [http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/pfa/iprscan/](http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Tools/pfa/iprscan/)

## Software Description

InterProScan software combines several protein motifs/domains search
tools together. It allows users to scan protein sequences at one time
against several signature databases including Prosite, PRINTS, PFAM, ProDom, Smart, TIGRFAMs, SignlP, Trans memberane etc., and also gives GO
annotation.
## General Linux

To run this software
[interactively](https://www.msi.umn.edu/remote-access) in a Linux
environment run the commands:

	module load interproscan
	iprscan -cli -i <seqfile> -o <output file>

For documentation, refer to the InterProScan homepage, or run the
command

	iprscan -cli -help

Other InterProScan programs are available in the directory

	/common/software/install/migrated/interproscan/VER/bin

where VER is the version of InterProScan you are using.

**Version 5.0 Available**
Version 5.0 is now available through the interproscan/5.0
module. The new version is significantly different from previous
versions. Please refer to the [developer\'s migration
guide](https://code.google.com/p/interproscan/wiki/MigratingInterProScanVersions)
to get started.

Note that v5.0 replaces the iprscan command with
interproscan.sh.

**Version 5.23 Available, with Local Lookup Service**

Version 5.23 is available on all Linux systems through the
interproscan/5.23-62.0 module. This module is configured to run locally,
without communicating with the InterProScan servers.  This can greatly
speed up certain workflows. [Usage instructions can be found
here.](https://github.com/ebi-pf-team/interproscan/wiki/HowToRun) Note
that you can start the local lookup service with the command
start_lookup_service.sh . This will take at least 15 minutes to start in
the background, after which you can run other InterProScan commands
normally.

When using version 5.23, please request at least 12 processors
and 8GB of memory. This version should not be run from the login nodes.