title: Definitions of enzyme function for the structural genomics era.
abstract: Questions are being asked about how enzyme function is described at the molecular level and the strengths and weaknesses of the EC system for this purpose. A new approach to describing enzyme function has been proposed that might improve our capabilities for functional inference for members of enzyme superfamilies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biopharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, 513 Parnassus Street, San Francisco, CA 94143-0446, USA. babbitt@cgl.ucsf.edu
authors.forename: Patricia C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Babbitt
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004798:Enzymes / Q000737:chemistry / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D023281:Genomics / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship; D009626:Terminology as Topic
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes