AnnoTEP-DB (Annotation of Transposable Elements in Plants Database - Frozen Release, v1.0): A Precomputed Repository for Lineage-Level Plant Transposable Elements Annotation

AnnoTEP-DB (Frozen Release, v1.0): A Precomputed Repository for Lineage-Level Plant Transposable Elements Annotation

This Zenodo record provides a frozen, versioned snapshot of the AnnoTEP-DB resource — a comprehensive database of precomputed transposable element (TE) annotations and lineage-level classifications originally spanning 75 plant and algal genomes.

The full database (≈650 GB) exceeds Zenodo's 50 GB per-record storage limit. Therefore, this deposit includes a curated subset of representative genome-level archives, selected from the full collection to maximize phylogenetic diversity and ensure reproducibility of the main AnnoTEP-DB features.

The database was generated using the EDTA-GUI pipeline integrated with REXdb and RepeatModeler2, enabling lineage-aware TE classification, visualization, and comparative exploration across major plant clades.

To ensure long-term accessibility and reproducibility, the resource was restructured into two components:

• AnnoTEP-DB-Interface.tar.gz — the complete interactive web interface (HTML, PHP, JavaScript, DataTables) required to deploy or browse AnnoTEP-DB locally;

• Selected genome-level archives (.7z) — each containing the TE annotation outputs for a specific species, including FASTA and GFF3 files, summary tables, repeat landscapes, and TE lineage trees.

Each .7z genome archive (e.g., A_thaliana.7z, T_grandiflorum174.7z, Z_mays.7z) represents a complete standalone dataset comprising:

• consensus TE libraries and genomic coordinates;

• classification statistics by order, superfamily, and lineage;

• repeat landscapes and insertion age profiles;

• auxiliary visualization files and EDTA-GUI summary reports.

This frozen snapshot preserves the interface and the selected genome datasets in a format that remains fully accessible even without continued hosting.

Repository structure

• AnnoTEP-DB-Interface.tar.gz — frozen interactive interface

• Selected genome archives in .7z format (subset of the original 75 genomes)

Total compressed size of this deposit: ≤ 50 GB (Zenodo limit)
Original full database size: ≈ 650 GB
Annotation pipeline: EDTA-GUI v2.1 
File formats: .tar.gz, .7z
License: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0)
DOI of this release: 10.5281/zenodo.17753532

Reconstruction of the split Z_mays archive

The Z_mays dataset exceeded Zenodo’s file-size constraints and was therefore uploaded in multiple parts.
To reconstruct the original archive, download all parts into the same folder and run:

cat Z_mays.7z.part_* > Z_mays.7z
7z x Z_mays.7z

After extraction, the genome files can be placed in the directory
/src/assets/pages
to enable full functionality of the AnnoTEP-DB interface.