How to update KEGG/CAS/HMDB fields?

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How to update KEGG/CAS/HMDB fields? Will Thompson  2024-09-11 06:48
 

Hi team,

I have a working document for small molecules (attached) and I'd like to use the document grid to add information into the KEGG/CAS/HMDB fields. However, these fields are grey in the document grid and not editable. Please advise on how to batch-enter values into these fields in a manner such as copy/paste from excel, or importing an annotations file?

Cheers

Will

 
 
Brian Pratt responded:  2024-09-11 11:55

Hi Will,

Those fields are considered to be identity properties on par with the molecule name, which is also not editable in the document grid. The easiest way to get those values into Skyline is to import them as part of a transition list. Or, you could less formally add them in the document grid as a Molecule Note, e.g. "CAS=xxx HMdB=yyy". That's a new feature available in the current Skyline-Daily.

It is true that the molecule name can be changed with a right click in the targets tree, but we haven't provided for changing absolutely all possible properties there, and in any case that wouldn't be as scalable as desired.

Thanks for using the Skyline support board,

Brian Pratt