Table 4

Top 30 selected metabolic pathways in adult D. viviparus mapped by Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes

Number

KEGG Pathway

rESTs sequence count

Enzymes

1

Signal transduction mechanisms

26

26

2

Glycolysis/Gluconeogenesis

24

24

3

Pyruvate metabolism

19

19

4

Regulation of actin cytoskeleton

19

1

5

Ribosome

19

0

6

Protein folding and associated processing

18

14

7

Focal adhesion

17

1

8

GTP-binding proteins

15

0

9

Insulin signaling pathway

14

11

10

Carbon fixation

12

12

11

Purine metabolism

12

12

12

Antigen processing and presentation

11

6

13

Glycerophospholipid metabolism

11

11

14

MAPK signaling pathway

11

3

15

Translation factors

10

4

16

Propanoate metabolism

9

9

17

Fructose and mannose metabolism

9

9

18

Citrate cycle (TCA cycle)

9

9

19

Butanoate metabolism

9

9

20

Tight junction

9

3

21

Wnt signaling pathway

9

3

22

Oxidative phosphorylation

9

9

23

Leukocyte transendothelial migration

8

0

24

Adherens junction

8

2

25

Ion channels

8

0

26

CD molecules

7

5

27

Adipocytokine signaling pathway

7

5

28

Proteasome

7

2

29

Valine, leucine and isoleucine degradation

7

7

30

Other enzymes

37

37

Ranganathan et al. BMC Genomics 2007 8:311   doi:10.1186/1471-2164-8-311