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Which of the following pathway databases is based on reference pathway maps?

  1. Metacyc

  2. Ecocyc

  3. KEGG pathway

  4. UM-BBD
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Explanation

MetaCyc is a curated database of metabolic pathways derived from scientific literature, organized around reference pathway maps that represent consensus metabolic knowledge from diverse organisms. Unlike KEGG's species-specific pathways or EcoCyc's E. coli focus, MetaCyc uses generalized reference pathways as its organizing principle.

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