LIGAND Chemical Database for Enzymatic Reactions: A Link between enzyme structures and chemical reactions

Takaaki Nishioka (nishioka@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp)[1]
Mikita Suyama (suyama@beri.co.jp)[2]
Susumu Goto (goto@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp)[1]
Yutaka Akiyama (akiyama@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp)[1]
Minoru Kanehisa (kanehisa@kuicr.kyoto-u.ac.jp)[1]

[1] Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University
Uji, Kyoto 611 Japan
[2] Biomolecular Engineering Research Institute 6-2-3 Furuedai, Suita, Osaka 565 Japan

Abstract

We have developed a database LIGAND Chemical Database for Enzymatic Reactions which is designed to link enzyme structures with enzyme-catalyzed chemical reactions. In the present paper, we report the present status of the database, WWW service on GenomeNet, and future plan.