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Table 2 The number of reactions in the maxRAF set belonging to each functional category

From: Autocatalytic sets in E. coli metabolism

Functional category

Reactions

Alanine and Aspartate Metabolism

11

Alternate Carbon Metabolism

217

Anaplerotic Reactions

11

Arginine and Proline Metabolism

45

Cell Envelope Biosynthesis

135

Citric Acid Cycle

23

Cofactor and Prosthetic Group Biosynthesis

235

Cysteine Metabolism

13

Folate Metabolism

11

Glutamate Metabolism

6

Glycerophospholipid Metabolism

150

Glycine and Serine Metabolism

17

Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

34

Glyoxylate Metabolism

4

Histidine Metabolism

12

Inorganic Ion Metabolism

32

Lipopolysaccharide Biosynthesis / Recycling

39

Membrane Lipid Metabolism

78

Methionine Metabolism

16

Methylglyoxal Metabolism

10

Murein Recycling

20

Nitrogen Metabolism

13

Nucleotide Salvage Pathway

173

Oxidative Phosphorylation

65

Pentose Phosphate Pathway

19

Purine and Pyrimidine Biosynthesis

35

Pyruvate Metabolism

23

Threonine and Lysine Metabolism

25

Tyrosine, Tryptophan, and Phenylalanine Metabolism

29

Unassigned

21

Valine, Leucine, and Isoleucine Metabolism

23

tRNA Charging

23

Catalysts Reaction

219

Total

1787