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Generate Metabolic Map Poster Authors: Peter D. Karp Suzanne Paley Julio Collado-Vides Victor H Tierrafria Ingrid Keseler Markus Krummenacker Cesar Bonavides-Martinez An online version of this diagram is available at BioCyc.org. Biosynthetic pathways are positioned in the left of the cytoplasm, degradative pathways on the right, and reactions not assigned to any pathway are in the far right of the cytoplasm. Transporters and membrane proteins are shown on the membrane. Carol Fulcher Ian Paulsen Socorro Gama-Castro Periplasmic (where appropriate) and extracellular reactions and proteins may also be shown. Pathways are colored according to their cellular function. EcoCyc: Escherichia coli K-12 substr. MG1655 Cellular Overview Connections between pathways are omitted for legibility.
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