The microbial metabolism is divided into primary and secondary metabolism. The latter is in many cases not critical for survival so its benefit is unclear. I would like to learn more about enzymatic functions implemented for primary and secondary pathways.
In the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG, open acces database) you can find a lot of information about enzymes and metabolites involved in the different metabolic pathways (primary and secondary metabolism).
even if you find it, the question is: can an enzyme have more than one function in different compartments, or parts of a metabolism, think also of unspecific action or low specific action, or on the RNA level...
so I would say, one needs to be very careful with all those databases...
Sometimes it is not so easy to distinguish primary and secondary metabolism. And many enzymes can be involved in several metabolic pathways… So I would not rely only on database search.
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