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Table 3 Unannotated metabolic reactions in the T. erythraeum genome but included in the model based on homology to related organisms and/or to close gaps for biomass formation

From: The use of genome-scale metabolic network reconstruction to predict fluxes and equilibrium composition of N-fixing versus C-fixing cells in a diazotrophic cyanobacterium, Trichodesmium erythraeum

Pathway

Proposed function

E.C. Number

Gene

Annotated function

Closest organism

Newly/Improved Annotated

 Amino Acid Metabolism

L-alanine: glyoxylate aminotransferase

2.6.1.44

Tery_3167

Serine: glyoxylate transaminase

Leptolyngbya sp. NIES 3755

L-serine: pyruvate aminotransferase

2.6.1.44, 2.6.1.45, 2.6.1.51

Tery_3167

Serine: glyoxylate transaminase

Leptolyngbya sp. NIES 3755

L-aspartase

4.3.1.1

Tery_1328

Fumarase

Nitrosococcus oceani

L-arogenate: 2-oxoglutarate aminotransferase

2.6.1.79

Tery_0293

L-aspartate aminotransferase

Pleurocapsa sp. PCC 7327

L-threonine ammonium-lyase

4.3.1.19

Tery_4742

Pyridoxal-5’-phosphate-dependent enzyme, beta subunit/cysteine synthase A

Zymomonas mobilis subsp. NRRL B-12526

 Isoprenoid Synthesis

Tocopherol phytyltransferase

2.5.1.117

Tery_3881

Homogentisate phytyltransferase

Nostoc sp. NIES-3756

 Pigment Metabolism

Chlorophyllide-a: NADP+ oxidoreductase

1.1.5.31.3.1.75

18445Tery_3563

NmrA-like

Amborella trichopoda

 Secondary Carbon Metabolism

Citramalate synthase

2.3.1.182

Tery_2253

2-Isopropylmalate synthase

Dehalococcoides mccartyi VS

 Sulfur Metabolism

O-succinylhomoserine thiol lyase

2.5.1.48

Tery_0352

8-Amino-7-oxononanoate synthase

Nostoc sp. PCC 7524

 Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle

Isocitrate lyase

4.1.3.1

Tery_4268

2,3-Dimethylmalate lyase/methylisocitrate lyase

Candidatus Nitrososphaera gargensis

Assumed Promiscuous

 Amino Acid Metabolism

4-Hydroxyglutamate transaminase

2.6.1.23

Tery_0293

L-aspartate aminotransferase

T. erythraeum

 Cofactor and Energy Carrier Metabolism

Dihydroneopterin P i dephosphorylase

3.6.1.1

Tery_1519

Inorganic diphosphatase

Dihydroneopterin PPP i dephosphorylase

3.6.1.1

Tery_1519

Inorganic diphosphatase

 Lipid Metabolism/Secondary Carbon Metabolism

Glycoaldehyde dehydrogenase

1.2.1.21

Tery_2599

Aldehyde dehydrogenase

 Nucleotide Metabolism

3’-5’-Nucleotide phosphodiesterase: cAMP

3.1.4.17

Many

3’-5’-Nucleotide phosphodiesterase: NMP

Missing (but Essential) Gene

 Cofactor and Energy Carrier Metabolism

(R)-Pantoate:NADP+2-oxidoreductase

1.1.1.169

None

None

None