University of Minnesota Biocatalysis/Biodegradation Database
                  Progress Report 185 - August 6, 2010

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- The pathway for benzoate has been updated.
  http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/benz2/benz2_map.html
  http://umbbd.ethz.ch/benz2/benz2_map.html
http://srs.ebi.ac.uk/srs6bin/cgi-bin/wgetz?-e+[UPATHWAYID:'benz2_map']

- UM-BBD ChemAxon applets (MarvinSketch used in UM-BBD structure 
  searching and UM-PPS structure entry, and MarvinView used in 
  UM-PPS results display) have been updated to version 5.3.4.
  These new applets require (free) Java 6 installed on user's
  computers. Users who have problems loading these applets 
  should update their Java version.
  http://www.java.com/

- The Pathway Prediction System (UM-PPS) has been updated with 
  version 2.0 software.  This update, over one year in development, 
  has undergone extensive beta testing by UM-BBD users representing 
  many different user groups.  New features include generation of 
  multi-step predictions, visualization of predictions as directed 
  acyclic graphs, removal of duplicate products, and grouping of 
  co-products.  A zoom feature permits easier viewing and printing 
  of the predictions.  UM-PPS version 2.0 is presently only 
  available at the US site.  The original version remains available 
  at the Swiss UM_PPS site.
  http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/predict/
  http://umbbd.ethz.ch/predict/

- On the Links  page, a link has been updated for search of 
  National Academy Press.
  http://umbbd.msi.umn.edu/resources.html
 
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