Table 7 Comparison of metabolic pathways, average reactions per pathway, and average compounds per pathway in MetaCyc (M) and KEGG (K)
From: A systematic comparison of the MetaCyc and KEGG pathway databases
Category | M(base) | K(module) | M(super) | K(map) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pathway count | 1846 | 179 | 296 | 237 |
Reactions perpathway | 4.37 | 6.22 | 14.24 | 28.84 |
Compounds per pathway | 11.49 | 15.27 | 25.63 | 37.45 |