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Table 8.1
Node number
Metabolite name
4246
But-2-enoyl-[acp]
5745
Butyryl-[acp]
5746
3-Oxohexanoyl-[acp]
5747
(R)-3-Hydroxyhexanoyl-[acp]
5748
trans-Hex-2-enoyl-[acp]
5749
Hexanoyl-[acp]
5750
3-Oxooctanoyl-[acp]
4620
(3R)-3-Hydroxyoctanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
5751
trans-Oct-2-enoyl-[acp]
5752
Octanoyl-[acp]
5753
3-Oxodecanoyl-[acp]
4619
(3R)-3-Hydroxydecanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
5754
trans-Dec-2-enoyl-[acp]
5755
Decanoyl-[acp]
5756
3-Oxododecanoyl-[acp]
5757
(R)-3-Hydroxydodecanoyl-[acp]
5758
trans-Dodec-2-enoyl-[acp]
5223
Dodecanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
5759
3-Oxotetradecanoyl-[acp]
4688
(3R)-3-Hydroxytetradecanoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
5760
trans-Tetradec-2-enoyl-[acp]
5761
Tetradecanoyl-[acp]
5762
3-Oxohexadecanoyl-[acp]
4633
(3R)-3-Hydroxypalmitoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
4364
2-Hexadecenoyl-[acyl-carrier protein]
5763
trans-Hexadec-2-enoyl-[acp]
5764
Hexadecanoyl-[acp]
249
Palmitate
154
Palmitoyl-CoA
5272
trans-Hexadec-2-enoyl-CoA
2934
3-Dehydrosphinganine
The presence of multiple pathways to perform the same general chemical
transformations both in the sense of derivation of energy from the breaking of
food molecules chemical bonds (catabolism) and in the opposite direction of the
actual construction by energy expenditure of complex organic molecules relevant
for the cell life (anabolism) are consistent with the existence of many possible
synthetic 'solutions' with equivalent energetic costs.
This implies that simple energetic considerations are not endowed with a
sufficiently discriminant power to guide our research toward a unique and
satisfying solution allowing us to predict the behaviour of the network when
presented with a given input. It is important to stress that this inability does not
come from a lack of knowledge of the metabolic network wiring that, at odds
with other biological networks as protein interaction networks, is very well
known, but from the often encountered difficulties in finding biologically
meaningful optimization principles for the system in a natural environment.
