Overview Diagram | Curation details for: Pathways | Reactions | Enzymes & Complexes | Genes | Compounds

The MetaCyc Literature-Based Curation Process

Curation is the process of manually refining and updating a bioinformatics database. The MetaCyc project uses a literature-based [def] curation approach in which database contents are extracted in a step-wise manner from evidence in the experimental literature collected from more than 1,600 organisms, as depicted below.

The literature curation manual used by MetaCyc curators can be found here.


MetaCyc literature curation process curation steps for pathways curation steps for compounds curation steps for enzymes and enzyme complexes curation steps for reactions curation steps for genes

Information Types Captured During the MetaCyc Curation Process

Pathways

A summary that includes:

Other data:

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Reactions

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Enzymes & Enzyme Complexes

A summary that includes:

Other data:

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Genes

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Compounds

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