Table 3.
Most Frequently Used Metabolites in the E. coli Metabolism
|
E. coli set
|
Ouzounis and Karp (2000)
|
||
|---|---|---|---|
| Compound | Occurrences | Compound | Occurrences |
| H2O | 392 | H2O | 205 (272) |
| ATP | 186 | ATP | 152 (179) |
| NAD+ | 157 | ADP | 101 (114) |
| NADH | 153 | Phosphate | 100 (110) |
| ADP | 133 | Pyrophosphate | 89 (103) |
| Pi | 123 | NAD | 66 (91) |
| PPi | 92 | NADH | 60 (82) |
| CO2 | 84 | CO2 | 54 (71) |
| NADP+ | 72 | H+ | 53 (74) |
| NADPH | 70 | AMP | 49 (56) |
| O2 | 65 | NH3 | 48 (55) |
| CoA | 61 | NADP | 48 (60) |
| NH3 | 60 | NADPH | 45 (59) |
| l-Glu | 52 | Coenzyme A | 44 (54) |
| Pyruvate | 49 | l-Glutamate | 43 (47) |
| AMP | 48 | Pyruvate | 41 (46) |
| Acetyl-CoA | 33 | Acetyl-CoA | 29 (33) |
| KetoGlu | 32 | O2 | 26 (36) |
| Gal | 25 | 2-Oxoglutarate | 24 (29) |
| Acetate | 22 | s-Adenosyl-l-Methionine | 23 (30) |
Compound names on the right conform to Ouzounis and Karp (2000).