IMC can load genome-scale models written in Excel Format.

Currently, Excel 97-2003 Book Format (*.xls) is supported.

We plan to support Excel Book Format (*.xlsx) soon.

Format specifications:

Create in Excel 97-2003 Book Format (*.xls).

It consists of three sheets, and the names of each sheet are rxns, mets, and comps.

A groups sheet will be added in the next version update. The groups sheet will be optional.

The first row of each sheet is used as a header.

rxns sheet

1st column: rxnID

2nd column: rxnName

3rd column: rxnFormula

4th column: rxnECNumber

mets sheet

1st column: metID

2nd column: metCompartment

3rd column: metName

comps sheet

1st column: compID

2nd column: compName