superpathway

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

super- +‎ pathway

Noun[edit]

superpathway (plural superpathways)

  1. (biochemistry) A combination of biochemical pathways that describe the biosynthesis or metabolism of a group of related compounds
    • 2015 August 13, Uma Shankar Gautam et al., “In-Vivo Gene Signatures of Mycobacterium tuberculosis in C3HeB/FeJ Mice”, in PLoS ONE[1], volume 10, →DOI:
      In Mtb :Δ dosR, pathways such as “Guanosine nucleotides de novo pathway of methionine biosynthesis, superpathway of amino acids biosynthesis, nucleotide biosynthesis, TCA cycle, NAD phosphorylation, etc. were significantly changed ( S1 – S3 Figs).