Table 2

The presence/absence of pathways involved in the biosyntheses of potentially autocatalytic cofactors

NAD+
 CoA
 THF
Escherichia coli
 +
 +
 +
Heliobacter pylori
 +*
 +
 +
Staphylococcus aureus
 P
 +
 +
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
 P
 +
 +
Lactococcus lactis
 P
 +
 +
Streptomyces coelicolor
 +
 +
 +
Mycobacterium tuberculosis
 +
 +
 +
Methanosarcina barkeri
 P
 +
 P
Geobacter sulfurreducens
 +*
 +
 +
Synechocystis
 +
 +
 +
Minimal metabolism
 P
 P
 P

A plus sign (+) indicates the biosynthetic route is fully present in the network; 'P' indicates the biosynthetic route is partially present in the network; asterisks indicate the biosynthetic route is slightly different from the one found in Synecocystis sp.

Kun et al. Genome Biology 2008 9:R51   doi:10.1186/gb-2008-9-3-r51