Liu Yu, Liu Hao-Zhuo, Chen Ding-Kang, Zeng Hong-Yun, Chen Yi-Li, Yao Nan
State Key Laboratory of Biocontrol, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Plant Resource, School of Life Sciences, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
Plants (Basel). 2023 Aug 6;12(15):2880. doi: 10.3390/plants12152880.
The advancement of mass spectrometry technologies has revolutionised plant metabolomics research by enabling the acquisition of raw metabolomics data. However, the identification, analysis, and visualisation of these data require specialised tools. Existing solutions lack a dedicated plant-specific metabolite database and pose usability challenges. To address these limitations, we developed PlantMetSuite, a web-based tool for comprehensive metabolomics analysis and visualisation. PlantMetSuite encompasses interactive bioinformatics tools and databases specifically tailored to plant metabolomics data, facilitating upstream-to-downstream analysis in metabolomics and supporting integrative multi-omics investigations. PlantMetSuite can be accessed directly through a user's browser without the need for installation or programming skills. The tool is freely available and will undergo regular updates and expansions to incorporate additional libraries and newly published metabolomics analysis methods. The tool's significance lies in empowering researchers with an accessible and customisable platform for unlocking plant metabolomics insights.
质谱技术的进步通过实现原始代谢组学数据的采集，彻底改变了植物代谢组学研究。然而，这些数据的识别、分析和可视化需要专门的工具。现有的解决方案缺乏专门针对植物的代谢物数据库，并且存在可用性挑战。为了解决这些限制，我们开发了PlantMetSuite，这是一个基于网络的工具，用于全面的代谢组学分析和可视化。PlantMetSuite包含专门为植物代谢组学数据量身定制的交互式生物信息学工具和数据库，便于代谢组学中的上下游分析，并支持综合多组学研究。PlantMetSuite可以通过用户的浏览器直接访问，无需安装或编程技能。该工具免费提供，并将定期更新和扩展，以纳入更多库和新发表的代谢组学分析方法。该工具的意义在于为研究人员提供一个易于访问和可定制的平台，以解锁植物代谢组学见解。
