An ensemble evolutionary constraint-based approach to understand the emergence of metabolic phenotypes |
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Authors: | Chiara Damiani Dario Pescini Riccardo Colombo Sara Molinari Lilia Alberghina Marco Vanoni Giancarlo Mauri |
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Affiliation: | 1.SYSBIO - Centre for Systems Biology,Milan,Italy;2.Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione,Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,Milan,Italy;3.Dipartimento di Statistica e Metodi Quantitativi,Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,Milan,Italy;4.Dipartimento di Biotecnologie e Bioscienze,Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca,Milan,Italy |
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Abstract: | Constraint-based modeling is largely used in computational studies of metabolism. We propose here a novel approach that aims to identify ensembles of flux distributions that comply with one or more target phenotype(s). The methodology has been tested on a small-scale model of yeast energy metabolism. The target phenotypes describe the differential pattern of ethanol production and O2 consumption observed in “Crabtree-positive” and “Crabtree-negative” yeasts in changing environment (i.e., when the upper limit of glucose uptake is varied). The ensembles were obtained either by selection among sampled flux distributions or by means of a search heuristic (genetic algorithm). The former approach provided indication about the probability to observe a given phenotype, but the resulting ensembles could not be unambiguously partitioned into “Crabtree-positive” and “Crabtree-negative” clusters. On the contrary well-separated clusters were obtained with the latter method. The cluster analysis further allowed identification of distinct groups within each target phenotype. The method may thus prove useful in characterizing the design principles underlying metabolic plasticity arising from evolving physio-pathological or developmental constraints. |
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