Glycoinformatics

Glycoinformatics is a relatively new field of bioinformatics that pertains to the study of carbohydrates. It broadly includes (but is not restricted to) database, software, and algorithm development for the study of carbohydrate structures, glycoconjugates, enzymatic carbohydrate synthesis and degradation, as well as carbohydrate interactions. Conventional usage of the term does not currently include the treatment of carbohydrates from the more well-known nutritive aspect.

History of glycoinformatics

Glycoinformatics resources

Carbohydrate databases and tools

* The [http://eurocarbdb.org EuroCarbDB] project
* The [http://www.glycosuite.com GlycoSuite] glycosylation database
* The original [http://biol.lancs.ac.uk/gig/pages/gag/carbbank.htm Carbbank database]
* [http://www.genome.jp/kegg/glycan/ KEGG Glycan] databases

Other resources

* The IUPAC [http://www.chem.qmul.ac.uk/iupac/2carb/ carbohydrate nomenclature recommendations]
* SwissProt [http://www.expasy.ch/cgi-bin/lists?glycosid.txt compilation of glycosylhydrolase enzymes]
* [http://www.functionalglycomics.org/static/index.shtml The consortium for functional glycomics]
* [http://www.cazy.org/ CAZy] database of carbohydrate-active enzymes