Abstract

Summary: When developing bioinformatical tools dealing with enzymatic activity, metabolism or enzymatic networks, the problem of the lack of a clear nomenclature for biochemical compounds often arises. This problem leads us to develop a small web-based tool (SNOW, Standard NOmenclature Wizard) which may help to find recommended and trivial names or the correct closest spelling for a query compound name, if it exists.

Availability: Web-based interface available at http://ibb.uab.es/snow/

Supplementary information:  http://ibb.uab.es/snow/snow_moreinfo.html

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Author notes

1Institut de Biotecnologia i de Biomedicina and Departament de Bioquímica i Biologia Molecular, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra (Barcelona), Spain and 2Structural Bioinformatics Laboratory (GRIB), Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C/Doctor Aiguader, 80. 08003 Barcelona, Spain