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ArticleBMC bioinformatics2016

A principal components method constrained by elementary flux modes: analysis of flux data sets.

Moritz von Stosch, Cristiana Rodrigues de Azevedo, Mauro Luis, Sebastiao Feyo de Azevedo, Rui Oliveira

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  1. The era of big data: Genome-scale modelling meets machine learning.Computational and structural biotechnology journal · 2020
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  2. Principal metabolic flux mode analysis.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2018
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Moritz von StoschREQUIMTE/DQ, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
Cristiana Rodrigues de AzevedoREQUIMTE/DQ, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
Mauro LuisREQUIMTE/DQ, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal.
Sebastiao Feyo de AzevedoDEQ, Faculty of Engineering, University do Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal.
Rui OliveiraREQUIMTE/DQ, Faculty of Science and Technology, University Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Caparica, 2829-516, Caparica, Portugal. rmo@fct.unl.pt.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundNon-negative linear combinations of elementary flux modes (EMs) describe all feasible reaction flux distributions for a given metabolic network under the quasi steady state assumption. However, only a small subset of EMs contribute to the physiological state of a given cell.

resultsIn this paper, a method is proposed that identifies the subset of EMs that best explain the physiological state captured in reaction flux data, referred to as principal EMs (PEMs), given a pre-specified universe of EM candidates. The method avoids the evaluation of all possible combinations of EMs by using a branch and bound approach which is computationally very efficient. The performance of the method is assessed using simulated and experimental data of Pichia pastoris and experimental fluxome data of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The proposed method is benchmarked against principal component analysis (PCA), commonly used to study the structure of metabolic flux data sets.

conclusionsThe overall results show that the proposed method is computationally very effective in identifying the subset of PEMs within a large set of EM candidates (cases with ~100 and ~1000 EMs were studied). In contrast to the principal components in PCA, the identified PEMs have a biological meaning enabling identification of the key active pathways in a cell as well as the conditions under which the pathways are activated. This method clearly outperforms PCA in the interpretability of flux data providing additional insights into the underlying regulatory mechanisms.

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Metabolic Networks and PathwaysAlgorithmsMetabolomicsModels, BiologicalPichiaPrincipal Component AnalysisSaccharomyces cerevisiaeElementary flux modesFlux data analysisFluxome data analysisPrincipal component analysisPrinciple elementary modes

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PMID27146133
PMCPMC4855838

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