Table 2 Total number of biochemical conversions and transport processes in the reconstructed metabolic network of A. nidulans and comparison with the metabolic networks of A. niger (316 unique reactions) and S. cerevisiae (843 unique reactions).
From: Analysis of Aspergillus nidulans metabolism at the genome-scale
Part of metabolism | Total no. of metabolic reactions network (no. of unique) | No. of unique reactions common to other metabolic networks | |
|---|---|---|---|
A. niger 1 | S. cerevisiae | ||
Biochemical reactions | 1095 (6811) | 191 | 580 |
C-compound metabolism | 463 (220) | 157 | 160 |
Energy metabolism | 20 (17) | 11 | 13 |
Aminoacid metabolism | 238 (171) | 3 | 170 |
Nucleotide metabolism | 144 (114) | 17 | 114 |
Lipid metabolism | 175 (122) | 1 | 115 |
Secondary metabolism | 42 (25) | 1 | 3 |
Nitrogen and sulphur metabolism | 8 (7) | - | 4 |
Polymerization, assembly and maintenance | 5 (5) | 1 | 1 |
Transport processes | 118 (113) | 60 | 59 |
TOTAL | 1213 (794) | 251 | 639 |