title: LMSD: LIPID MAPS structure database.
abstract: The LIPID MAPS Structure Database (LMSD) is a relational database encompassing structures and annotations of biologically relevant lipids. Structures of lipids in the database come from four sources: (i) LIPID MAPS Consortium's core laboratories and partners; (ii) lipids identified by LIPID MAPS experiments; (iii) computationally generated structures for appropriate lipid classes; (iv) biologically relevant lipids manually curated from LIPID BANK, LIPIDAT and other public sources. All the lipid structures in LMSD are drawn in a consistent fashion. In addition to a classification-based retrieval of lipids, users can search LMSD using either text-based or structure-based search options. The text-based search implementation supports data retrieval by any combination of these data fields: LIPID MAPS ID, systematic or common name, mass, formula, category, main class, and subclass data fields. The structure-based search, in conjunction with optional data fields, provides the capability to perform a substructure search or exact match for the structure drawn by the user. Search results, in addition to structure and annotations, also include relevant links to external databases. The LMSD is publicly available at www.lipidmaps.org/data/structure/.
authors.affiliation: LIPID MAPS Bioinformatics Core, San Diego Supercomputer Center San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
authors.forename: Manish
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sud
authors.forename: Eoin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fahy
authors.forename: Dawn
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Cotter
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Edward A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Dennis
authors.forename: Christopher K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Glass
authors.forename: Alfred H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Merrill
authors.forename: Robert C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Murphy
authors.forename: Christian R H
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Raetz
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Russell
authors.forename: Shankar
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Subramaniam
mesh_terms: D016208:Databases, Factual; D006028:Glycosphingolipids / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D007536:Isomerism; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000145:classification; D011134:Polysaccharides / Q000737:chemistry; D014584:User-Computer Interface
chemical_list: D006028:Glycosphingolipids; D008055:Lipids; D011134:Polysaccharides