MetaCyc
Research center SRI International | | |
Authors | R. Caspi, H. Foerster, C.A. Fulcher, L.A. Mueller, Peter Karp | |
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Primary citation | Caspi et al. (2014)[1] | |
Release date | 1997 | |
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Website | metacyc |
The MetaCyc database is one of the largest
MetaCyc has been designed for multiple types of uses. It is often used as an extensive online encyclopedia of metabolism. In addition, MetaCyc is used as a reference data set for computationally predicting the metabolic network of organisms from their sequenced genomes; it has been used to perform pathway predictions for thousands of organisms, including those in the
MetaCyc includes mini reviews for pathways and enzymes that provide background information as well as relevant literature references. It also provides extensive data on individual enzymes, describing their subunit structure, cofactors, activators and inhibitors, substrate specificity, and, when available, kinetic constants. MetaCyc data on
All objects in MetaCyc are clickable and provide easy access to related objects. For example, the page for L-lysine lists all of the reactions in which L-lysine participates, as well as the enzymes that catalyze them and pathways in which these reactions take place.
References
- ^ PMID 19850718.
- ^ "MetaCyc Publications".
- PMID 21523460.