Eurocarbdb
Encyclopedia
EuroCarbDB is an EU
-funded initiative for the creation of software and standards for the systematic collection of carbohydrate
structures and their experimental data. The project includes a database of known carbohydrate structures and experimental data, specifically mass spectrometry
, HPLC
and NMR
data, accessed via a web interface that provides for browsing, searching and contribution of structures and data to the database. The project has also produces a number of associated bioinformatics
tools for carbohydrate researchers:
The online version of EuroCarbDB is hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute
. Eurocarbdb is also an actively developed open source
project.
European Union
The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...
-funded initiative for the creation of software and standards for the systematic collection of carbohydrate
Carbohydrate
A carbohydrate is an organic compound with the empirical formula ; that is, consists only of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, with a hydrogen:oxygen atom ratio of 2:1 . However, there are exceptions to this. One common example would be deoxyribose, a component of DNA, which has the empirical...
structures and their experimental data. The project includes a database of known carbohydrate structures and experimental data, specifically mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry
Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that measures the mass-to-charge ratio of charged particles.It is used for determining masses of particles, for determining the elemental composition of a sample or molecule, and for elucidating the chemical structures of molecules, such as peptides and...
, HPLC
High-performance liquid chromatography
High-performance liquid chromatography , HPLC, is a chromatographic technique that can separate a mixture of compounds and is used in biochemistry and analytical chemistry to identify, quantify and purify the individual components of the mixture.HPLC typically utilizes different types of stationary...
and NMR
NMR
NMR may refer to:Applications of Nuclear Magnetic Resonance:* Nuclear magnetic resonance* NMR spectroscopy* Solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance* Protein nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy* Proton NMR* Carbon-13 NMR...
data, accessed via a web interface that provides for browsing, searching and contribution of structures and data to the database. The project has also produces a number of associated bioinformatics
Bioinformatics
Bioinformatics is the application of computer science and information technology to the field of biology and medicine. Bioinformatics deals with algorithms, databases and information systems, web technologies, artificial intelligence and soft computing, information and computation theory, software...
tools for carbohydrate researchers:
- GlycanBuilder, a Java applet for drawing glycan structures
- GlycoWorkbench, a standalone Java application for semi-automated analysis and annotation of glycan mass spectra
- GlycoPeakfinder, a webapp for calculating glycan compositions from mass data
The online version of EuroCarbDB is hosted by the European Bioinformatics Institute
European Bioinformatics Institute
The European Bioinformatics Institute is a centre for research and services in bioinformatics, and is part of European Molecular Biology Laboratory...
. Eurocarbdb is also an actively developed open source
Open source
The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...
project.