Table 3

Consistency check of three recent E. coli metabolome datasets. 4


Measured concentrations
Constraints on flux directions
Data set
CCM
Redox cofactors
Energy carriers
Others
Set 1
Set 2
Set 3 (= Set 1 + Set 2)

Schaub
8
0
2
0
F
F
F
Hiller
8
3
3
1
NF
F
NF
Ishii
14
5
3
71
NF
F
NF

The flux directions sets are described in the main text. Abbreviations: F, feasible; NF, not feasible, CCM, central carbon metabolism. Details can be found in Additional file 4

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