Nucleic Acids Research, 1994, Vol. 22, No. 17 3626-3627
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The ENZYME data bank
Department of Medical Biochemistry, University of Geneva 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
The ENZYME data bank is a repository of information relative to the nomenclature of enzymes. It is primarily based on the recommendations of the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) [1] and it contains the following data for each type of characterized enzyme for which an EC (Enzyme Commission) number has been provided:
EC number
Recommended name
Alternative names (if any)
Catalytic activity
Cofactors (if any)
Pointers to the SWISS-PROT [2] protein sequence entrie(s) that correspond to the enzyme (if any)
Pointers to human disease(s) associated with a deficiency of the enzyme (if any)