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Table 3 Breakdown of small functional categories of the KEGG modules

From: Evaluation method for the potential functionome harbored in the genome and metagenome

Pathway modules [203]

Structural complex modules [263]

Small functional category

Number (%)

Small functional category

Number (%)

Cofactor & vitamin biosynthesis

30 (14.6)

Saccharide and polyol transport system

29 (11.0)

Carbon fixation

14 (6.8)

ATP synthesis

27 (10.3)

Central carbohydrate metabolism

14 (6.8)

Phosphotransferase system (PTS)

24 (9.1)

Lipid metabolism

14 (6.8)

Mineral and organic ion transport system

23 (8.7)

Glycan metabolism

13 (6.3)

Phosphate and amino acid transport system

19 (7.2)

Aromatic amino acid metabolism

11 (5.4)

ABC-2 type and other transport systems

16 (6.1)

Methane metabolism

11 (5.4)

Bacterial secretion system

14 (5.3)

Fatty acid metabolism

10 (4.9)

RNA processing

13 (4.9)

Sterol biosynthesis

10 (4.9)

Ubiquitin

13 (4.9)

Cystein & methionine metabolism

7 (3.4)

Metallic cation, iron-siderophore and vitamin B12 transport system

12 (4.6)

Glycosaminoglycan metabolism

7 (3.4)

Protein processing

9 (3.4)

Other carbohydrate metabolism

7 (3.4)

Spliceosome

9 (3.4)

Polyamine biosynthesis

6 (2.9)

Repair system

8 (3.0)

Telpenoid backbone biosynthesis

6 (2.9)

DNA polymerase

7 (2.7)

Lysine metabolism

5 (2.4)

Photosynthesis

7 (2.7)

Pyrimidine metabolism

5 (2.4)

RNA polymerase

7 (2.7)

Akaloid & other secondardy metabolite

4 (1.9)

Peptide and nickel transport system

6 (2.3)

LPS metabolism

4 (1.9)

Replication system

6 (2.3)

Other terpenoid biosynthesis

4 (1.9)

Carbohydrate metabolism

5 (1.9)

Arginine & proline metabolism

3 (1.5)

Proteasome

5 (1.9)

BCAA metabolism

3 (1.5)

Ribosome

3 (1.1)

Other amino acid metabolism

3 (1.5)

Glycan metabolism

1 (0.4)

Phenylpropanoid & flavonoid biosyntesis

3 (1.5)

Functional set modules [[4]]

 

Purine metabolism

3 (1.5)

Small functional category

Number (%)

Histidine metabolism

2 (1.0)

Aminoacyl-tRNA

2 (50)

Metabolic capacity

2 (1.0)

Nucleotide sugar

2 (50)

Serin & threonine metabolism

2 (1.0)

Signature modules [[3]]

 

Nitrogen fixation

1 (0.5)

Small functional category

Number (%)

Sulfur metabolism

1 (0.5)

Genotypic signature

3 (100)

  1. [ ] shows total number of the KEGG modules containing branched modules.