Center for Bioinformatics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken 66123, Germany.
Helmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland (HIPS), Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HZI), Saarbrücken 66123, Germany.
Nucleic Acids Res. 2024 Jan 5;52(D1):D579-D585. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad1086.
The human microbiome has emerged as a rich source of diverse and bioactive natural products, harboring immense potential for therapeutic applications. To facilitate systematic exploration and analysis of its biosynthetic landscape, we present ABC-HuMi: the Atlas of Biosynthetic Gene Clusters (BGCs) in the Human Microbiome. ABC-HuMi integrates data from major human microbiome sequence databases and provides an expansive repository of BGCs compared to the limited coverage offered by existing resources. Employing state-of-the-art BGC prediction and analysis tools, our database ensures accurate annotation and enhanced prediction capabilities. ABC-HuMi empowers researchers with advanced browsing, filtering, and search functionality, enabling efficient exploration of the resource. At present, ABC-HuMi boasts a catalog of 19 218 representative BGCs derived from the human gut, oral, skin, respiratory and urogenital systems. By capturing the intricate biosynthetic potential across diverse human body sites, our database fosters profound insights into the molecular repertoire encoded within the human microbiome and offers a comprehensive resource for the discovery and characterization of novel bioactive compounds. The database is freely accessible at https://www.ccb.uni-saarland.de/abc_humi/.
人类微生物组已成为多种生物活性天然产物的丰富来源,具有巨大的治疗应用潜力。为了促进对其生物合成景观的系统探索和分析,我们提出了 ABC-HuMi:人类微生物组中的生物合成基因簇 (BGC) 图谱。ABC-HuMi 整合了主要人类微生物组序列数据库的数据,并提供了比现有资源有限的覆盖范围更广泛的 BGC 存储库。通过使用最先进的 BGC 预测和分析工具,我们的数据库确保了准确的注释和增强的预测能力。ABC-HuMi 通过先进的浏览、筛选和搜索功能为研究人员提供支持,使他们能够高效地利用该资源。目前,ABC-HuMi 拥有一个源自人类肠道、口腔、皮肤、呼吸和泌尿生殖系统的 19218 个代表性 BGC 目录。通过捕捉到不同人体部位的复杂生物合成潜力,我们的数据库深入了解了人类微生物组中编码的分子组成,并为发现和表征新型生物活性化合物提供了一个全面的资源。该数据库可在 https://www.ccb.uni-saarland.de/abc_humi/ 免费获取。