Repository details
MetaCyc
Name of repository
MetaCyc
Additional name(s)
- Metabolic Pathway Database
- a member of the BioCyc database collection
Repository URL
Subject(s)
Description
MetaCyc is a curated database of experimentally elucidated metabolic pathways from all domains of life.
MetaCyc contains pathways involved in both primary and secondary metabolism, as well as associated metabolites, reactions, enzymes, and genes. The goal of MetaCyc is to catalog the universe of metabolism by storing a representative sample of each experimentally elucidated pathway.
MetaCyc applications include: Online encyclopedia of metabolism, Prediction of metabolic pathways in sequenced genomes, Support metabolic engineering via enzyme database, Metabolite database aids. metabolomics research.
Persistent identifier(s) of the repository
- RRID:SCR_007778
- RRID:nif-0000-03114
- other:OMICS_02718
- FAIRsharing:10.25504/FAIRsharing.yytevr
Repository size
3.153 pathways; 19.020 reactions; 19.372 metabolites
Repository type(s)
- disciplinary
Research data repository language(s)
- English
Data and/or service provider
- dataProvider
Institutions (2)
Additional name(s)
- NIH NIGMS
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- funding
Type of institution
non-profit
Additional name(s)
- Stanford Research Institute
Country
Type(s) of responsibility
- general
Type of institution
non-profit
Policies (2)
Policy Name
Policy Name
Database access
Type of access to research data repository
open
Database licenses (1)
Database License
Data access (1)
Type of access to data
open
Data licenses (1)
DataLicense
Data upload (1)
Type of data upload
closed
Persistent identifier system(s)
- none
Name of the repository software
- other
Data citation guideline
Enhanced Publication
yes
Quality management
yes
Application programming interfaces (1)
Alerting services (1)
Type of alerting service
Remarks
Remarks
MetaCyc is covered by Thomson Reuters Data Citation Index. MetaCyc contains links to many other bioinformatics DBs:
Pathways link to EcoCyc, the University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database, the KEGG Ligand database, and the Soybase database.
Proteins contain unification links to UniProt/Swiss-Prot, FlyBase, DictyBase, DIP, DisProt, STRING, EuPathDB, PhosphoSite, PRIDE, PROSITE, SMR, and MINT.
Proteins also contain relationship links to SMART, PANTHER, ProDom, PRINTS, CAZy, PDB, Pfam, and InterPro.
Reactions link to ENZYME, KEGG, BRENDA, Rhea, and IUBMB.
Chemical compounds link to PubChem, NCI Open Database, ChEBI, KEGG, Chemical Abstracts, Wikipedia ChemSpider, DrugBank, BiGG and KEGG Glycan.
Genes link to NCBI Entrez nucleotide and gene databases, to TAIR (The Arabidopsis Information Resource) and to the Coli Genetic Stock Center.
All types of objects may contain literature citations, which link to PubMed when available.
Entry date
2014-11-25
Last update
2024-06-05
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