CAZypedia:About

General

CAZypedia is an encyclopedic resource on carbohydrate active enzymes. It is inspired by, and meant to be a logical extension of, the CAZy database, which "describes the families of structurally-related catalytic and carbohydrate-binding modules (or functional domains) of enzymes that degrade, modify, or create glycosidic bonds."

CAZypedia openly welcomes contributions of new articles and editorial corrections from persons actively engaged in glycoscience research. An Editorial Board is responsible for setting editorial policy and ensuring that a high standard of articles is met.

Content

Although meant to be truly dynamic, in the spirit of the constantly evolving Wikipedia, the first incarnation of CAZypedia will focus on cataloging the structural and mechanistic "firsts" in each of the CAZy glycoside hydrolase (GH) families. In particular, primary literature will be cited which gives the first identification of enzyme active site residues, catalytic mechanism, three dimensional structure, or other important work which defines catalysis in a GH family or subfamily. CAZypedia is not meant to be a direct repetition of the CAZy database, nor of the GenBank and UniProt databases, but a distillation of the key work in the field. In keeping with Bruce Stone's original vision, CAZypedia will also encompass entries describing specific catalytic reactions, as defined by Enzyme Commission numbers.

Editorial policies

The editorial policies of CAZypedia will directly mirror those of Wikipedia. CAZypedia will effectively incorporate the Five Pillars that define Wikipedia's character, with some minor changes to better suit the goals of CAZypedia. In short, the Five Pillars are directly incorporated by reference, except that:

• CAZypedia's content is not distributed under the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL). Please see CAZypedia:Copyright for information on CAZypedia's copyright policy.
• Autobiographies by scientists working in the field may be tolerated, provided they are written from a neutral point of view. The emphasis should be on creating a historical record of the people involved in this contemporary research field. As with Wikipedia, CAZypedia is not a vanity press.

More guidelines for CAZypedia contributors

These pages contain more information on Wikipedia's guidelines, which are recommended reading before authoring or editing CAZypedia:

• What Wikipedia is not.
• Simplified Wikipedia ruleset.
• Wikipedia policies and guidelines.
• Full list of Wikipedia policies.

User accounts

You must create a user account before you can contribute to or edit CAZypedia.

• We request that users list their full name when creating an account on CAZypedia.
• After creating an account, we also request that all users fill in some biographical information about themselves on their user page. Your user page can be accessed by clicking your username at the top of any CAZypedia page after you have logged in.]
• It is strongly recommended to read the help pages on writing pages and inserting references before starting to write/edit for CAZypedia.

If you would like to create a user account on CAZypedia now, click here.

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