A new Metabolic Atlas has been launched as part of the open access Human Protein Atlas program, allowing researchers to explore the expression of biochemical pathways across human tissues. The new resource leverages the most extensive mapping of human metabolism to date, with biochemical information and connectivity for more than 13,000 reactions, 4,000 unique compounds, and 3,500 genes.

A new Metabolic Atlas has been launched as part of the open access Human Protein Atlas program, allowing researchers to explore the expression of biochemical pathways across human tissues. The new resource leverages the most extensive mapping of human metabolism to date, with biochemical information and connectivity for more than 13,000 reactions, 4,000 unique compounds, and 3,500 genes.

Metabolism is the collection of chemical reactions providing the building blocks and energy necessary to sustain life. Studying the individual components of human metabolism and how they function as part of a connected system is therefore critical to improving health and treating disease. A Metabolic Atlas has been developed at Chalmers University, (metabolicatlas.org) in collaboration with the Human Protein Atlas and selected information of this atlas is incorporated as part of the Tissue Atlas in the new version 19 of the Human Protein Atlas. Human metabolism is presented with over 100 manually curated 2D maps and this provides a valuable tool to advance our understanding of the complex human metabolic system.

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Mathias Uhlén