MetaCyc is a database of non-redundant, experimentally elucidated metabolic pathways and enzymes. It also contains reactions, chemical compounds, and genes. It stores predominantly qualitative information rather than quantitative data, although it does contain some quantitative data such as enzyme kinetics data. “MetaCyc” is pronounced “met-a-sike”. It sounds like “encyclopedia”.
A unique property of MetaCyc is that it is curated[def] from the scientific experimental literature according to an extensive process [4], such that:
3,443 different organisms are represented, with the majority of pathways occurring in microorganisms and plants
3,128 metabolic pathways are stored, with 18,819 enzymatic reactions and 76,283 associated literature citations
MetaCyc stores the full complement of reactions that have been assigned EC numbers by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB)
MetaCyc stores thousands of additional enzyme-catalyzed reactions that have not yet been assigned an EC number
Prefix
metacyc.pathway
Name
Metabolic Encyclopedia for Pathway/Genome Databases
Homepage
https://metacyc.org
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Description
MetaCyc is a database of non-redundant, experimentally elucidated metabolic pathways and enzymes. It also contains reactions, chemical compounds, and genes. It stores predominantly qualitative information rather than quantitative data, although it does contain some quantitative data such as enzyme kinetics data. “MetaCyc” is pronounced “met-a-sike”. It sounds like “encyclopedia”.
A unique property of MetaCyc is that it is curated[def] from the scientific experimental literature according to an extensive process [4], such that:
3,443 different organisms are represented, with the majority of pathways occurring in microorganisms and plants
3,128 metabolic pathways are stored, with 18,819 enzymatic reactions and 76,283 associated literature citations
MetaCyc stores the full complement of reactions that have been assigned EC numbers by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB)
MetaCyc stores thousands of additional enzyme-catalyzed reactions that have not yet been assigned an EC number
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Publications
pubmed:31586394 | pubmed:23746312 | pubmed:21523460
Example Local Unique Identifier
12DICHLORETHDEG-PWY
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https://metacyc.org/META/NEW-IMAGE?object=$1
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Contributor Name
Harshad Hegde
Contributor GitHub
hrshdhgd
Contributor ORCiD
0000-0002-2411-565X
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