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Table 1 Pathway maps with more than 50% ortholog fractions.

From: An evaluation of minimal cellular functions to sustain a bacterial cell

Rank

Pathway map

OF (%)

1

Riboflavin metabolism

90.8

2

Ribosome

85.4

3

Aminoacyl-tRNA biosynthesis

83.9

4

RNA polymerase

80.8

5

One carbon pool by folate

79.4

6

Peptidoglycan biosynthesis

76.2

7

Pantothenate and CoA biosynthesis

70.8

8

Porphyrin and chlorophyll metabolism

69.4

9

Protein export

67.8

10

Valine, leucine and isoleucine biosynthesis

67.6

11

Phenylalanine, tyrosine and tryptophan biosynthesis

65.8

12

Histidine metabolism

65.8

13

Purine metabolism

65.6

14

Lysine biosynthesis

63.1

15

Pyrimidine metabolism

63.0

16

Aminosugars metabolism

60.9

17

DNA polymerase

59.7

18

Fatty acid biosynthesis

58.9

19

Urea cycle and metabolism of amino groups

57.3

20

Glutamate metabolism

55.2

21

Biosynthesis of steroids

55.0

22

Folate biosynthesis

54.0

23

Alanine and aspartate metabolism

53.5

24

Arginine and proline metabolism

52.3

25

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

52.0

26

Carbon fixation

51.7

27

Pentose phosphate pathway

51.0