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. 2021 Jan 4;2021:6683051. doi: 10.1155/2021/6683051

Table 1.

Number of chemicals and enzymes in each metabolic pathway type.

Metabolic pathway type Number of chemicals Number of enzymes
Carbohydrate metabolism 399 274
Energy metabolism 153 102
Lipid metabolism 405 337
Nucleotide metabolism 135 113
Amino acid metabolism 427 215
Metabolism of other amino acids 132 106
Glycan biosynthesis and metabolism 22 156
Metabolism of cofactors and vitamins 303 175
Metabolism of terpenoids and polyketides 195 46
Biosynthesis of other secondary metabolites 326 54
Xenobiotics biodegradation and metabolism 422 141
Total numbers of chemicals/enzymes in all pathway types 2919 1719
Number of different chemicals/enzymes 2329 1124