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Structural Thermokinetic Modelling

To translate metabolic networks into dynamic models, the Structural Kinetic Modelling framework (SKM) assumes a given reference state and replaces the reaction elasticities in this state by random numbers. A new variant, called Structural Thermokinetic Modelling (STM), accounts for reversible reacti...

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Autor principal: Liebermeister, Wolfram
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9144996/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35629936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo12050434
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description To translate metabolic networks into dynamic models, the Structural Kinetic Modelling framework (SKM) assumes a given reference state and replaces the reaction elasticities in this state by random numbers. A new variant, called Structural Thermokinetic Modelling (STM), accounts for reversible reactions and thermodynamics. STM relies on a dependence schema in which some basic variables are sampled, fitted to data, or optimised, while all other variables can be easily computed. Correlated elasticities follow from enzyme saturation values and thermodynamic forces, which are physically independent. Probability distributions in the dependence schema define a model ensemble, which allows for probabilistic predictions even if data are scarce. STM highlights the importance of variabilities, dependencies, and covariances of biological variables. By varying network structure, fluxes, thermodynamic forces, regulation, or types of rate laws, the effects of these model features can be assessed. By choosing the basic variables, metabolic networks can be converted into kinetic models with consistent reversible rate laws. Metabolic control coefficients obtained from these models can tell us about metabolic dynamics, including responses and optimal adaptations to perturbations, enzyme synergies and metabolite correlations, as well as metabolic fluctuations arising from chemical noise. To showcase STM, I study metabolic control, metabolic fluctuations, and enzyme synergies, and how they are shaped by thermodynamic forces. Considering thermodynamics can improve predictions of flux control, enzyme synergies, correlated flux and metabolite variations, and the emergence and propagation of metabolic noise.
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spelling pubmed-91449962022-05-29 Structural Thermokinetic Modelling Liebermeister, Wolfram Metabolites Article To translate metabolic networks into dynamic models, the Structural Kinetic Modelling framework (SKM) assumes a given reference state and replaces the reaction elasticities in this state by random numbers. A new variant, called Structural Thermokinetic Modelling (STM), accounts for reversible reactions and thermodynamics. STM relies on a dependence schema in which some basic variables are sampled, fitted to data, or optimised, while all other variables can be easily computed. Correlated elasticities follow from enzyme saturation values and thermodynamic forces, which are physically independent. Probability distributions in the dependence schema define a model ensemble, which allows for probabilistic predictions even if data are scarce. STM highlights the importance of variabilities, dependencies, and covariances of biological variables. By varying network structure, fluxes, thermodynamic forces, regulation, or types of rate laws, the effects of these model features can be assessed. By choosing the basic variables, metabolic networks can be converted into kinetic models with consistent reversible rate laws. Metabolic control coefficients obtained from these models can tell us about metabolic dynamics, including responses and optimal adaptations to perturbations, enzyme synergies and metabolite correlations, as well as metabolic fluctuations arising from chemical noise. To showcase STM, I study metabolic control, metabolic fluctuations, and enzyme synergies, and how they are shaped by thermodynamic forces. Considering thermodynamics can improve predictions of flux control, enzyme synergies, correlated flux and metabolite variations, and the emergence and propagation of metabolic noise. MDPI 2022-05-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9144996/ /pubmed/35629936 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/metabo12050434 Text en © 2022 by the author. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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