The Pathway Ontology (PW), is currently being developed at the Rat Genome Database. For more information about this vocabulary, please see Petri et al. The rat genome database pathway portal. Database (Oxford). 2011 Apr 8;2011:bar010. Print 2011 or contact us (https://rgd.mcw.edu/rgdweb/contact/contactus.html).
Sulfur, mostly found as inorganic sulfate, can be taken up by plants, microorganisms and algae. Upon reduction to sulfide, it is then incorporated into bioinorganic compounds. The underlying reactions and interactions constitute the sulfate assimilation pathway, best characterized in plants.