LipidHome: a database of theoretical lipids optimized for high throughput mass spectrometry lipidomics.

ABSTRACT: Protein sequence databases are the pillar upon which modern proteomics is supported, representing a stable reference space of predicted and validated proteins. One example of such resources is UniProt, enriched with both expertly curated and automatic annotations. Taken largely for granted, similar mature resources such as UniProt are not available yet in some other "omics" fields, lipidomics being one of them. While having a seasoned community of wet lab scientists, lipidomics lies significantly behind proteomics in the adoption of data standards and other core bioinformatics concepts. This work aims to reduce the gap by developing an equivalent resource to UniProt called 'LipidHome', providing theoretically generated lipid molecules and useful metadata. Using the 'FASTLipid' Java library

SUBMITTER: Foster JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3646891 | biostudies-literature | 2013

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature