Web sources for nomenclature recommendations

Many of the recommendations on biochemical nomenclature are now available on the web. Their addresses may be of use.

URL
Committees' Home Pagehttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/nomenclature/
Membershipwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/jcbn/membr.html
alternatively
https://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/nomenclature/membr.html
Bibliographic informationwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/bibliog/
List of recommendationswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/bibliog/jcbn.html
Specific recommendations
Amino Acids and Peptideswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/AminoAcid/
Biochemical thermodynamicshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/thermod/
Branched nucleic acidshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/misc/bran.html
Carbohydrateswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/2carb/
Corrinoids (vitamin B-12)www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/B12.html
Cyclitolswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/cyclitol/
Enzyme kineticshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/kinetics/
Enzyme (newly listed)https://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/enzyme/
Folic acidwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/folic.html
Glycolipidswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/glylp.html
Glycoproteinswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/glycp.html
myo-Inositol numberingwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/cyclitol/myo.html
Multienzymeshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/misc/menz.html
Multiple forms of enzymeshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/misc/isoen.html
Newsletterhttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk
Nucleic acid constituentswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/naabb.html
Nucleic acid sequence
(incompletely specified bases)		https://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/misc/naseq.html
Peptidaseshttps://iubmb.qmul.ac.uk/enzyme/EC34/
Polypeptide conformationwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/ppep1.html
Polynucleotide conformationwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/pnuc1.html
Polysaccharide conformationwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/psac.html
Prenolswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/prenol.html
Pyridoxal and related compounds
(vitamin B-6)		www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/B6.html
Steroidswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/steroid/
Tocopherols (vitamin E)www.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/misc/toc.html
Chemical recommendations of use to biochemists include:
Bioinorganic glossarywww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/bioinorg/
Class nameswww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/class/
Isotopic modificationwww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/sectionH/
Medicinal chemistry glossarywww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/medchem/
Physical organic chemistry glossarywww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/gtpoc/
Stereochemical terminologywww.qmul.ac.uk/sbcs/iupac/stereo/
Many recommendations not on the web are available in a compendium, Biochemical Nomenclature and Related Documents; published by Portland Press for IUBMB in 1992 (ISBN 1 85578 005 4).

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