Table 2.
Biodegradation databases and their significance.
| S. no. | Biodegradation databases | Link | Significance in pesticide bioremediation | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database (UMBBD) | https://www.msi.umn.edu/content/university-minnesota-biocatalysis-and-biodegradation-database | Give information about molecular mechanisms involved in biodegradation pathways and tells about biotransformation rules, enzymes, genes, and reactions involved in microbial degradation of xeno pesticidal compounds | Arora and Bae, 2014; Malla et al., 2018 |
| 2 | Biodegradation Network- Molecular Biology Database (Bionemo) | http://bionemo.bioinfo.cnio.es | Tells about dynamic regulation of metabolic pathways and transcription factors in degradation pathways | Arora and Bae, 2014; Koch et al., 2018 |
| 3 | Oxygenase Database (OxDBase) | http://crdd.osdd.net/raghava/oxdbase/ | Give information regarding oxygenases, i.e., aromatic ring-hydroxylating dioxygenases (ARHD) and aromatic ring cleavage dioxygenases (ARCD) involved in breaking down pesticidal compounds | Arora and Bae, 2014; Wołejko et al., 2016 |
| 4 | Pathway/Genome Databases (BioCyc) | https://biocyc.org/ | Enable access to information related to biochemistry and genetics of microbial degradation | Arora and Bae, 2014 |
| 5 | Metabolic Pathway Database (MetaCyc) | https://metacyc.org/ | Predict metabolic pathways and reconstruction of catabolic pathways | Millacura et al., 2017; Ali et al., 2018 |
| 6 | Pesticide Target Interaction Database (PTID) | http://lilab.ecust.edu.cn/ptid | Interaction of pesticides with their target | Ning et al., 2018 |
| 7 | Microbial Genome Database (MBGD) | http://mbgd.genome.ad.jp | Comparative analysis of microbial genome | Fory et al., 2014; Uchiyama, 2017 |
| 8 | Metarouter | http://pdg.cnb.uam.es/MetaRouter | Maintain diverse information related to biodegradation | Paliwal et al., 2012; Kumavath and Deverapalli, 2013 |
| 9 | Pesticide Action Network (PAN) | http://pesticideinfo.org/Index.html | Give informative data on the toxicity of pesticides | Echeverría-Sáenz et al., 2018; Zhu J. et al., 2018 |
| 10 | The Environmental Contaminant Biotransformation Pathway (EAWAGBBD/PPS) | https://envipath.org/ | Give informative from bulk data of multi-omics approaches | Malla et al., 2018 |