The CAZy database introduces CAZac, a new, powerful and searchable descriptor of CAZyme reactions to complement the EC number system. Implemented for glycoside hydrolases, glycoside phosphorylases, transglycosidases, polysaccharide lyases and lytic polysaccharide monooxygenases, CAZac allows complex searches in the CAZy database to uncover the evolution of substrate specificity and mechanisms of CAZymes across families. publication here.
This month is the first 2025 update of CAZy ! We’ve been delayed by the NCBI taxonomy (which created ghost IDs), and, on our side, we corrected our Krona charts for JGI annotations (many genomes were missing).