University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
                  Progress Report 82 - October 11, 2000

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- A pathway for 1,2,3-tribromopropane has been added.  This pathway 
  was developed by a student in our 2000 Biocatalysis and Biodegradation 
  class.
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/tbp/tbp_map.html
  http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs6bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[UPATHWAY-ID:'tbp_map']
  http://www.cbs.umn.edu/class/bioc/5309/idl/
  
- Many enzyme pages, such as the one for haloalkane dehalogenase, 
  now include links which search GenPept for protein sequences.  
  These searches retrieve many, but not all, such sequences.   
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/servlets/pageservlet?ptype=ep&enzymeID=e0003

- Several enzyme pages, such as the one for haloalkane dehalogenase, 
  now include links which search PDB for protein structures.   
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/servlets/pageservlet?ptype=ep&enzymeID=e0003

- The description of the enzyme page in About the UM-BBD has been
  updated to include GenPept and PDB searches.  These additions to the
  enzyme page were suggested by UM-BBD users.
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/aboutBBD.html

- The KEGG: Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes now includes versions
  of 19 UM-BBD pathways and more are planned.  The KEGG metabolism page 
  includes UM-BBD pathways, indicated by "UMBBD", under Metabolism of 
  Other Substances.  We now link to that KEGG page and a page giving 
  use statistics for KEGG versions of UM-BBD pathways on the UM-BBD
  home page.
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/

- On the Useful Internet Resources page, a link has been updated for 
  the Biodegradative Strain Database at Michigan State University.
  http://www.labmed.umn.edu/umbbd/resources.html

If you have comments on any aspect of the UM-BBD, please let us know.
         
Lynda Ellis <[log in to unmask]>