ChEBI
Chemical Entities of Biological Interest, also known as ChEBI[1][2], is a database and ontology of molecular entities focused on 'small' chemical compounds, that is part of the Open Biomedical Ontologies effort. The term "molecular entity" refers to any "constitutionally or isotopically distinct atom, molecule, ion, ion pair, radical, radical ion, complex, conformer, etc., identifiable as a separately distinguishable entity"[3]. The molecular entities in question are either products of nature or synthetic products used to intervene in the processes of living organisms. Molecules directly encoded by the genome, such as nucleic acids, proteins and peptides derived from proteins by proteolytic cleavage, are not as a rule included in ChEBI.
ChEBI uses nomenclature, symbolism and terminology endorsed by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) and Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (NC-IUBMB).
ChEBI is available at http://www.ebi.ac.uk/chebi/, and for download by anonymous FTP (ftp://ftp.ebi.ac.uk/pub/databases/chebi/).
References
- ^ de Matos P, Alcántara R, Dekker A, Ennis M, Hastings J, Haug K; et al. (2010). "Chemical Entities of Biological Interest: an update". Nucleic Acids Res. 38 (Database issue): D249-54. doi:10.1093/nar/gkp886. PMC 2808869. PMID 19854951.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Degtyarenko K, de Matos P, Ennis M, Hastings J, Zbinden M, McNaught A; et al. (2008). "ChEBI: a database and ontology for chemical entities of biological interest". Nucleic Acids Res. 36 (Database issue): D344-50. doi:10.1093/nar/gkm791. PMC 2238832. PMID 17932057.
{{cite journal}}: Explicit use of et al. in:|author=(help)CS1 maint: PMC format (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ IUPAC, Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book") (1997). Online corrected version: (2006–) "molecular entity". doi:10.1351/goldbook.M03986
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