ENTRY ko01200 Pathway NAME Carbon metabolism DESCRIPTION Carbon metabolism is the most basic aspect of life. This map presents an overall view of central carbon metabolism, where the number of carbons is shown for each compound denoted by a circle, excluding a cofactor (CoA, CoM, THF, or THMPT) that is replaced by an asterisk. The map contains carbon utilization pathways of glycolysis (map00010), pentose phosphate pathway (map00030), and citrate cycle (map00020), and six known carbon fixation pathways (map00710 and map00720) as well as some pathways of methane metabolism (map00680). The six carbon fixation pathways are: (1) reductive pentose phosphate cycle (Calvin cycle) in plants and cyanobacteria that perform oxygenic photosynthesis, (2) reductive citrate cycle in photosynthetic green sulfur bacteria and some chemolithoautotrophs, (3) 3-hydroxypropionate bi-cycle in photosynthetic green nonsulfur bacteria, two variants of 4-hydroxybutyrate pathways in Crenarchaeota called (4) hydroxypropionate-hydroxybutyrate cycle and (5) dicarboxylate-hydroxybutyrate cycle, and (6) reductive acetyl-CoA pathway in methanogenic bacteria. PATHWAY_MAP ko01200 Carbon metabolism MODULE M00001 Glycolysis (Embden-Meyerhof pathway), glucose => pyruvate [PATH:ko01200] M00002 Glycolysis, core module involving three-carbon compounds [PATH:ko01200] M00004 Pentose phosphate pathway (Pentose phosphate cycle) [PATH:ko01200] M00005 PRPP biosynthesis, ribose 5P => PRPP [PATH:ko01200] M00006 Pentose phosphate pathway, oxidative phase, glucose 6P => ribulose 5P [PATH:ko01200] M00007 Pentose phosphate pathway, non-oxidative phase, fructose 6P => ribose 5P [PATH:ko01200] M00008 Entner-Doudoroff pathway, glucose-6P => glyceraldehyde-3P + pyruvate [PATH:ko01200] M00009 Citrate cycle (TCA cycle, Krebs cycle) [PATH:ko01200] M00010 Citrate cycle, first carbon oxidation, oxaloacetate => 2-oxoglutarate [PATH:ko01200] M00011 Citrate cycle, second carbon oxidation, 2-oxoglutarate => oxaloacetate [PATH:ko01200] M00012 Glyoxylate cycle [PATH:ko01200] M00013 Malonate semialdehyde pathway, propanoyl-CoA => acetyl-CoA [PATH:ko01200] M00020 Serine biosynthesis, glycerate-3P => serine [PATH:ko01200] M00021 Cysteine biosynthesis, serine => cysteine [PATH:ko01200] M00165 Reductive pentose phosphate cycle (Calvin cycle) [PATH:ko01200] M00168 CAM (Crassulacean acid metabolism), dark [PATH:ko01200] M00169 CAM (Crassulacean acid metabolism), light [PATH:ko01200] M00170 C4-dicarboxylic acid cycle, phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase type [PATH:ko01200] M00171 C4-dicarboxylic acid cycle, NAD - malic enzyme type [PATH:ko01200] M00172 C4-dicarboxylic acid cycle, NADP - malic enzyme type [PATH:ko01200] M00173 Reductive citrate cycle (Arnon-Buchanan cycle) [PATH:ko01200] M00174 Methane oxidation, methanotroph, methane => formaldehyde [PATH:ko01200] M00307 Pyruvate oxidation, pyruvate => acetyl-CoA [PATH:ko01200] M00308 Semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate => glycerate-3P [PATH:ko01200] M00309 Non-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate/galactonate => glycerate [PATH:ko01200] M00344 Formaldehyde assimilation, xylulose monophosphate pathway [PATH:ko01200] M00345 Formaldehyde assimilation, ribulose monophosphate pathway [PATH:ko01200] M00346 Formaldehyde assimilation, serine pathway [PATH:ko01200] M00356 Methanogenesis, methanol => methane [PATH:ko01200] M00357 Methanogenesis, acetate => methane [PATH:ko01200] M00373 Ethylmalonyl pathway [PATH:ko01200] M00374 Dicarboxylate-hydroxybutyrate cycle [PATH:ko01200] M00375 Hydroxypropionate-hydroxybutylate cycle [PATH:ko01200] M00376 3-Hydroxypropionate bi-cycle [PATH:ko01200] M00377 Reductive acetyl-CoA pathway (Wood-Ljungdahl pathway) [PATH:ko01200] M00422 Acetyl-CoA pathway, CO2 => acetyl-CoA [PATH:ko01200] M00532 Photorespiration [PATH:ko01200] M00563 Methanogenesis, methylamine/dimethylamine/trimethylamine => methane [PATH:ko01200] M00567 Methanogenesis, CO2 => methane [PATH:ko01200] M00579 Phosphate acetyltransferase-acetate kinase pathway, acetyl-CoA => acetate [PATH:ko01200] M00580 Pentose phosphate pathway, archaea, fructose 6P => ribose 5P [PATH:ko01200] M00620 Incomplete reductive citrate cycle, acetyl-CoA => oxoglutarate [PATH:ko01200] M00621 Glycine cleavage system [PATH:ko01200] M00633 Semi-phosphorylative Entner-Doudoroff pathway, gluconate/galactonate => glycerate-3P [PATH:ko01200] M00740 Methylaspartate cycle [PATH:ko01200] M00741 Propanoyl-CoA metabolism, propanoyl-CoA => succinyl-CoA [PATH:ko01200] ///