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ArticleScientific reports2015

Elucidating temporal resource allocation and diurnal dynamics in phototrophic metabolism using conditional FBA.

Marco Rügen, Alexander Bockmayr, Ralf Steuer

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Marco RügenHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Theoretische Biologie (ITB), Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
Alexander BockmayrFreie Universität Berlin, Research Center Matheon, FB Mathematik und Informatik, Arnimallee 6, D-14195 Berlin, Germany.
Ralf SteuerHumboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Theoretische Biologie (ITB), Invalidenstr. 43, D-10115 Berlin, Germany.
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin · DEFreie Universität Berlin · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The computational analysis of phototrophic growth using constraint-based optimization requires to go beyond current time-invariant implementations of flux-balance analysis (FBA). Phototrophic organisms, such as cyanobacteria, rely on harvesting the sun's energy for the conversion of atmospheric CO2 into organic carbon, hence their metabolism follows a strongly diurnal lifestyle. We describe the growth of cyanobacteria in a periodic environment using a new method called conditional FBA. Our approach enables us to incorporate the temporal organization and conditional dependencies into a constraint-based description of phototrophic metabolism. Specifically, we take into account that cellular processes require resources that are themselves products of metabolism. Phototrophic growth can therefore be formulated as a time-dependent linear optimization problem, such that optimal growth requires a differential allocation of resources during different times of the day. Conditional FBA then allows us to simulate phototrophic growth of an average cell in an environment with varying light intensity, resulting in dynamic time-courses for all involved reaction fluxes, as well as changes in biomass composition over a diurnal cycle. Our results are in good agreement with several known facts about the temporal organization of phototrophic growth and have implications for further analysis of resource allocation problems in phototrophic metabolism.

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