Table 1 The distribution of human reactions from the 78 selected pathways within metabolic super-pathways.
KEGG super-pathway | Total number of reactions | Universal reactions | Eukaryotic-specific reactions | Metazoan-specific reactions | Vertebrate-specific reactions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
All | 652(301) | 367(168) | 128(67) | 35(16) | 122(50) |
Carbohydrate Metabolism | 160(61) | 114(41) | 25(9) | 7(4) | 14(7) |
Energy Metabolism | 30(9) | 23(6) | 3(2) | 4(1) | 4(1) |
Lipid Metabolism | 138(70) | 54(19) | 45(29) | 3(2) | 36(20) |
Nucleotide metabolism | 72(38) | 61(33) | 8(4) | 0(0) | 3(1) |
Amino acid metabolism | 168(61) | 120(35) | 20(9) | 6(5) | 22(12) |
Metabolism of other amino acids | 36(4) | 30(3) | 3(0) | 1(1) | 2(0) |
Glycan biosynthesis & metabolism | 87(7) | 14(1) | 20(4) | 16(1) | 37(1) |
Metabolism of cofactors and Vitamins | 80(48) | 57(30) | 8(8) | 5(3) | 10(7) |
Biosynthesis of secondary metabolites | 5(0) | 2(0) | 0(0) | 3(0) | 0(0) |
Xenobiotics biodegradation & metabolism | 11(3) | 6(0) | 3(2) | 1(0) | 1(1) |