VectorNTI
Website
Invitrogen's bioinformatics site
Updating your enzyme list
You can update your list of enzymes in VectorNTI by doing the following.
- ftp ftp.neb.com (username: anonymous, password: your email address)
- cd pub/rebase (to enter the correct directory)
- dir (to list the names of available files)
- get bairoch.### (to copy the file called bairoch.### to your machine)
- quit (returns you back to your local system)
- In VectorNTIExplorer, choose the enzyme database
- Choose Table->Import->Enzymes from REBASE database...
- Browse to your downloaded file
- Choose which enzymes to import and into which subbase to put them.
- Choose to overwrite your existing files.
Because I was having trouble ftp'ing into NEB's ftp site, Austin uploaded the file to OpenWetWare at Bairoch.601.
Notes
VectorNTI runs on MacOSX version 10.3 (Panther) but is reportedly not compatible with MacOS 10.4 (Tiger). In response to a query about whether they plan to support Tiger, their customer support said "Unfortunately, there are no current plans but we will apprise you if that situation changes." Perhaps if enough people bother Invitrogen's customer support, they will work on and release a patch.
Rumor has it that Invitrogen plans to make VectorNTI free for PC users at academic institutions and discontinue support for MacOSX. It is unclear if this is true. This site recommends contacting Invitrogen's customer service to lobby for MacOS 10.4 support.
Update: VectorNTI is now available for free to academic, governmental and non-profit researchers. VectorNTI 7.1 does not run on OS X Tiger currently. But according to the website, "Invitrogen are evaluating a patch to Vector NTI suite® 7.1 to run on TIGER. Check back here for updates on our evaluation (Sept 2005)."
