title: CORUM: the comprehensive resource of mammalian protein complexes--2009.
abstract: CORUM is a database that provides a manually curated repository of experimentally characterized protein complexes from mammalian organisms, mainly human (64%), mouse (16%) and rat (12%). Protein complexes are key molecular entities that integrate multiple gene products to perform cellular functions. The new CORUM 2.0 release encompasses 2837 protein complexes offering the largest and most comprehensive publicly available dataset of mammalian protein complexes. The CORUM dataset is built from 3198 different genes, representing approximately 16% of the protein coding genes in humans. Each protein complex is described by a protein complex name, subunit composition, function as well as the literature reference that characterizes the respective protein complex. Recent developments include mapping of functional annotation to Gene Ontology terms as well as cross-references to Entrez Gene identifiers. In addition, a 'Phylogenetic Conservation' analysis tool was implemented that analyses the potential occurrence of orthologous protein complex subunits in mammals and other selected groups of organisms. This allows one to predict the occurrence of protein complexes in different phylogenetic groups. CORUM is freely accessible at (http://mips.helmholtz-muenchen.de/genre/proj/corum/index.html).
authors.affiliation: Institute for Bioinformatics and Systems Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München-German Research Center for Environmental Health, Ingolstädter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany. andreas.ruepp@helmholtz-muenchen.de
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ruepp
authors.forename: Brigitte
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Waegele
authors.forename: Martin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lechner
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Brauner
authors.forename: Irmtraud
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dunger-Kaltenbach
authors.forename: Gisela
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fobo
authors.forename: Goar
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Frishman
authors.forename: Corinna
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Montrone
authors.forename: H-Werner
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Mewes
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019295:Computational Biology / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D030562:Databases, Protein; D006801:Humans; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods; D020407:Internet; D051379:Mice; D046912:Multiprotein Complexes; D010802:Phylogeny; D017434:Protein Structure, Tertiary; D051381:Rats; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000235:genetics; D012984:Software
chemical_list: D046912:Multiprotein Complexes