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. 2018 Oct 12;62(4):501–514. doi: 10.1042/EBC20180008

Table 2. Online databases including enzymatic information and pathway data.

Database Link Scope
General information on enzymes
BRENDA https://www.brenda-enzymes.org/ Molecular and biochemical information on enzymes
KEGG https://www.genome.jp/kegg/ Computational representation of pathways
MetaCyc https://metacyc.org/ Metabolic pathways and enzymes
EC2PDB https://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/enzymes/ Known enzyme structures that have been deposited in the Protein Data Bank (PDB)
FunTree https://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/FunTree/ Evolution of enzyme function within domain super families
Feature-specific databases
Recon3D/VMH http://vmh.life Human metabolic network reconstruction with pharmacogenomic associations, phenotypic data, and structural information for proteins and metabolites
STRENDA https://www.beilstein-strenda-db.org/strenda/ Repository of functional enzymology data
SABIO-RK sabio.h-its.org Information about biochemical reactions and kinetic rate equations
ASD (allosteric database) http://mdl.shsmu.edu.cn/ASD/ Resource for structure, function, disease, and related annotation for allosteric macromolecules and modulators
MACiE https://www.ebi.ac.uk/thornton-srv/databases/MACiE/ Database for enzyme reaction mechanisms
eQuilibrator http://equilibrator.weizmann.ac.il/ Thermodynamics calculator for biochemical reactions
ORENZA http://www.orenza.u-psud.fr/ Enzyme activities for which no sequences are available in the main sequence protein databases
Nomenclature databases
IUBMB https://iubmb.org/ Assignment of EC numbers
ExplorEnz https://www.enzyme-database.org/ Interface for enzyme nomenclature
IntEnz https://www.ebi.ac.uk/intenz/ Contains recommendations of IUBMB on the classification of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
ENZYME https://enzyme.expasy.org Information relative to the nomenclature of enzymes
Databases of enzyme classes
MEROPS https://www.ebi.ac.uk/merops/ Database for proteinases
REBASE http://rebase.neb.com/rebase/ Database of information about restriction enzymes and DNA methyltransferases
CAZy http://www.cazy.org/ Classification of enzymes involved in the synthesis, metabolism, and transport of carbohydrates
PeroxiBase peroxibase.toulouse.inra.fr/ Centralization and annotation of most of the peroxidase superfamilies
ESTHER http://bioweb.ensam.inra.fr/ESTHER/general Database for α/β-hydrolases
HCS www.enzyme.chem.msu.ru/hcs/ Hierarchical classification of catalytic sites of hydrolases
PTM enzyme database
PTP http://ptp.cshl.edu/ Database for protein tyrosine phosphatases
EKPD http://ekpd.biocuckoo.org/ Kinase and phosphatase database
KinBase kinase.com/web/current/kinbase/ Includes kinomes, classification, disease association, and an extensive database of protein kinase genes