A list of Frequently Used Databases, Classified Based on the Type of Information Represented, during a Biological Pathway Construction, Their Properties, and URLs

A comprehensive list of databases can be found in Pathguide (http://www.pathguide.org). A, automated curation; B, both manual and automated curation; BIND, Biomolecular Interaction Network Database; BioPP, Biological Pathway Publisher; DIP, Database of Interacting Proteins; EcoCyc, Encyclopaedia of E. coli Genes and Metabolism; GNPV, Genome Network Platform Viewer; HPRD, Human Protein Reference Database; KEGG, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes; M, manual curation; MetaCyc, a Metabolic Pathway database; MINT, Molecular Interation Database; MIPS, Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences; N, No; OPHID, Online Predicted Human Interaction Database; PANTHER, Protein Analysis through Evolutionary Relationship Database; PID, The Pathway Interaction Database; STKE, Signal Transduction Knowledge Environment, UNIHI, Unified Human Interactome; Y, yes. (61 KB DOC)