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. 2013 Nov 19;9:708. doi: 10.1038/msb.2013.62

Table 3. List of biomass constituents with stoichiometric coefficients.

Biomass component KEGG ID Coefficient (mmol/gDW) Biomass component KEGG ID Coefficient (mmol/gDW)
DNA     Lipids    
 dATP C00131 0.002855 1-phosphatidyl-1D-myo-inositol C01194 0.007777
 dCTP C00458 0.003128 Phosphatidylcholine C00157 0.08017
 dGTP C00286 0.003128 Phosphatidylserine C02737 0.01084
 dTTP C00459 0.002855 Sphingomyelin C00550 0.01141
      Phosphatidylethanolamine C00350 0.0153
RNA     Cholesterol C00187 0.03525
 ATP C00002 0.01678 Free fatty acids   0.252268
 CTP C00063 0.02167 Dodecanoic acid C02679 0.073
 GTP C00044 0.02263 Tetradecanoic acid C06424 0.09
 UTP C00075 0.01523 Palmitic acid C00249 0.166
      Stearic acid C01530 0.108
Proteins     Oleic acid C00712 0.306
L-alanine C00041 0.684 Linoleic acid C01595 0.198
L-cysteine C00097 0.1297 Arachidonic acid C00219 0.058
L-aspartate C00049 0.3194      
L-glutamate C00025 0.5263 Essential molecules    
L-phenylalanine C00079 0.2276 Coenzyme A C00010 0.00563
 Glycine C00037 0.5002 Tetrahydrofolate C00101 0.00563
L-histidine C00135 0.1426 Heme C00032 0.00563
L-isoleucine C00407 0.1603 Undecaprenyl diphosphate C04574 0.00563
L-lysine C00047 0.2747 Pyridoxal phosphate C00018 0.00563
L-leucine C00123 0.5988 Tetrahydrobiopterin C00272 0.00563
L-methionine C00073 0.095 ADP glucose C00498 0.00563
L-asparagine C00152 0.155 UDP-N-acetyl-D-glucosamine C00043 0.00563
L-proline C00148 0.4197 GDP mannose C00096 0.00563
L-glutamine C00064 0.2652 Oxaloacetate C00036 0.00563
L-arginine C00062 0.5445 Octanoyl-[acp] C05752 0.00563
L-serine C00065 0.7092 Geranylgeranyl diphosphate C00353 0.00563
L-threonine C00188 0.3327      
L-valine C00183 0.3902 Growth assoc. maintenance    
L-tryptophan C00078 0.06729 ATP+H2O→ADP+phosphate   28.76
L-tyrosine C00082 0.09781      

Note that the composition of free fatty acids is used both as a subcomponent of Lipids and as the acyl portion of other phospholipids.