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. 2012 Jan;40(Database issue):D1173-7.
doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr1004. Epub 2011 Nov 15.

MetaCrop 2.0: managing and exploring information about crop plant metabolism

Falk Schreiber  1 , Christian Colmsee, Tobias Czauderna, Eva Grafahrend-Belau, Anja Hartmann, Astrid Junker, Björn H Junker, Matthias Klapperstück, Uwe Scholz, Stephan Weise
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MetaCrop 2.0: managing and exploring information about crop plant metabolism

Falk Schreiber et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2012 Jan.

Abstract

MetaCrop is a manually curated repository of high-quality data about plant metabolism, providing different levels of detail from overview maps of primary metabolism to kinetic data of enzymes. It contains information about seven major crop plants with high agronomical importance and two model plants. MetaCrop is intended to support research aimed at the improvement of crops for both nutrition and industrial use. It can be accessed via web, web services and an add-on to the Vanted software. Here, we present several novel developments of the MetaCrop system and the extended database content. MetaCrop is now available in version 2.0 at http://metacrop.ipk-gatersleben.de.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
Overview of MetaCrop, data sources, curation steps and applications.
Figure 2.
Figure 2.
Example from the MetaCrop web interface showing (a) an SBGN map of the TCA cycle and (b) details of a reaction chosen from this map, which could be obtained by clicking at the respective map element.
Figure 3.
Figure 3.
MetaCrop web services architecture.
Figure 4.
Figure 4.
The Vanted add-on for MetaCrop which allows access to the database content using the MetaCrop web-services.
Figure 5.
Figure 5.
Metabolite concentrations and enzyme activities that were measured in several accessions of Arabidopsis thaliana (13) were mapped on a MetaCrop biochemical pathway (TCA cycle).
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