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Table 3 Subsystem classification for essential reactions predicted for all metabolic models under anaerobic conditions

From: Inferring ancient metabolism using ancestral core metabolic models of enterobacteria

Source

iEcoli_core

iSalcoli_core

iEntero_core

Essential reactions

284

286

326

Essential reactions subsystem classification

   

Alternate Carbon Metabolism

2

2

2

Amino Acid Metabolism

82

82

84

Cell Envelope Biosynthesis

45

45

45

Citric Acid Cycle

4

4

5

Cofactor and Prosthetic Group Biosynthesis

66

66

69

Folate Metabolism

2

2

4

Glycerophospholipid Metabolism

10

10

10

Glycolysis

1

1

10

Inorganic Ion Transport and Metabolism

8

9

12

Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis / Recycling

11

11

11

Membrane Lipid Metabolism

2

2

4

Murein Biosynthesis

2

2

2

Pentose Phosphate pathway

2

2

3

Purine and Pyrimidine Metabolism

26

26

34

Transport, Inner Membrane

4

5

8

Transport, Outer Membrane

15

15

19

Unassigned

2

2

4