Nucleic Acids Research, Vol 27, Issue 1 373-376, Copyright © 1999 by Oxford University Press
LB Ellis, CD Hershberger and LP Wackett
The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database (UM- BBD,
http://www.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/i nde x.html) first became available on the
web in 1995 to provide information on microbial biocatalytic reactions of,
and biodegradation pathways for, organic chemical compounds, especially
those produced by man. Its goal is to become a representative database of
biodegradation, spanning the diversity of known microbial metabolic routes,
organic functional groups, and environmental conditions under which
biodegradation occurs. The database can be used to enhance understanding of
basic biochemistry, biocatalysis leading to speciality chemical
manufacture, and biodegradation of environmental pollutants. It is also a
resource for functional genomics, since it contains information on enzymes
and genes involved in specialized metabolism not found in intermediary
metabolism databases, and thus can assist in assigning functions to genes
homologous to such less common genes. With information on >400 reactions
and compounds, it is poised to become a resource for prediction of
microbial biodegradation pathways for compounds it does not contain, a
process complementary to predicting the functions of new classes of
microbial genes.
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The University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database: specialized metabolism for functional genomics
Center for Biodegradation Research and Informatics, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. lynda@email.labmed.umn.edu
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