 CAZy ~ Carbohydrate-Active enZymes |
| Citing CAZy |
| We are working hard at putting together and maintaining this server for the scientific community. If you found this server useful for your research we would appreciate if you make an appropriate citation. There are several ways to cite the CAZy database : |
| A. Mention this server name (Carbohydrate Active Enzymes database) and URL (http://www.cazy.org/) and cite : |
| [1] | Coutinho, P.M. & Henrissat, B. (1999) Carbohydrate-active enzymes: an integrated database approach. In "Recent Advances in Carbohydrate Bioengineering", H.J. Gilbert, G. Davies, B. Henrissat and B. Svensson eds., The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, pp. 3-12. |
| B. And/or quote the references concerning the family classification(s) |
| Glycoside Hydrolases (or Glycosidases and Transglycosidases) |
| [1] | Henrissat B (1991) A classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino-acid sequence similarities. Biochem. J. 280:309-316 [PMID: 1747104]. |
| [2] | Henrissat B, Bairoch A (1993) New families in the classification of glycosyl hydrolases based on amino- acid sequence similarities. Biochem. J. 293:781-788 [PMID: 8352747]. |
| [3] | Henrissat B, Bairoch A (1996) Updating the sequence-based classification of glycosyl hydrolases. Biochem. J. 316:695-696 [PMID: 8687420]. |
| [4] | Davies G, Henrissat B (1995) Structures and mechanisms of glycosyl hydrolases. Structure 3:853-859 [PMID: 8535779]. |
| [5] | Henrissat B, Davies GJ (1997) Structural and sequence-based classification of glycoside hydrolases. Curr. Op. Struct. Biol. 7:637-644 [PMID: 9345621]. |
| Glycosyltransferases |
| [1] | Campbell JA, Davies GJ, Bulone V, Henrissat B (1997) A classification of nucleotide-diphospho-sugar glycosyltransferases based on amino acid sequence similarities. Biochem. J. 326:929-939 [PMID: 9334165]. |
| [2] | Coutinho PM, Deleury E, Davies GJ, Henrissat B (2003) An evolving hierarchical family classification for glycosyltransferases. J. Mol. Biol. 328:307-317 [PMID: 12691742]. |
| Polysaccharide Lyases and Carbohydrate Esterases |
| [1] | Coutinho, P.M., Henrissat, B. (1999) Carbohydrate-active enzymes: an integrated database approach. In "Recent Advances in Carbohydrate Bioengineering", H.J. Gilbert, G. Davies, B. Henrissat and B. Svensson eds., The Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, pp. 3-12. |
| Carbohydrate-Binding Modules |
| [1] | Boraston AB, Bolam DN, Gilbert HJ, Davies GJ (2004) Carbohydrate-binding modules: fine-tuning polysaccharide recognition. Biochem. J. 382:769-781 [PMID: 15214846]. |