University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
                   Progress Report 160 - March 19, 2008

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- A pathway for N-nitrosodimethylamine has been added, and the
   pathways for the picric acid family and the naphthalene sulfonate
   family have been updated.  The pathway for N-Nitrosodimethylamine
   was started by a student in the 2007 BioC/MicE 5309 class.
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/ndm/ndm_map.html
   http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs6bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[upathway-id:'ndm_map']
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/tnp/tnp_map.html
   http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs6bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[upathway-id:'tnp_map']
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/nphs/nphs_map.html
   http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs6bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[upathway-id:'nphs_map']

- In the Pathway Prediction System (PPS), prediction of oxidation
   of a secondary carbon (bt0242), and addition of water to a double
   bond (bt0021), have been improved.
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/predict/
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/servlets/rule.jsp?rule=bt0242
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/servlets/rule.jsp?rule=bt0021

- Scheduled maintenance for the UM-BBD server will occur on
   Wednesday, April 2, from 6am - noon CST (-5 UTC).  We are
   sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

- Lhasa Limited is developing MEPPS, a new expert knowledge base
   software project for the prediction of microbial degradation in
   the environment.  It is a stand-alone, PC-based system, combining
   data from the UM-BBD Pathway Prediction System with expert
   reasoning software from Lhasa.  There are openings for sponsors
   for further development of MEPPS.  For more information on MEPPS,
   or if you are interested in helping to sponsor this new and
   exciting project, contact Sian Ives <[log in to unmask]>.
   http://www.lhasalimited.org/
   http://www.lhasalimited.org/index.php?cat=255&owner=4&sub_cat=255

- Students in our 2008 BioC/MicE 5309 Biocatalysis and Biodegradation
   class, offered completely over the Internet, have examined websites
   on the UM-BBD Links page and selected the ones of most interest to
   them. The Links page now links to the list of these choices and the
   reason each site was selected.
   http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/resources.html

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