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ArticlePLoS computational biology2025

A modular model integrating metabolism, growth, and cell cycle predicts that fermentation is required to modulate cell size in yeast populations.

Marco Vanoni, Pasquale Palumbo, Federico Papa, Stefano Busti, Laura Gotti, Meike Wortel, Bas Teusink, Ivan Orlandi, Alex Pessina, Cristina Airoldi and 3 more

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13 authors.

Marco VanoniSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Pasquale PalumboSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-9371-2802
Federico PapaSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Stefano BustiSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Laura GottiSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Meike WortelUniversity of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Bas TeusinkVrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Systems Biology Lab, AIMMS, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0003-3929-0423
Ivan OrlandiSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Alex PessinaSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Cristina AiroldiSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3670-6262
Luca BrambillaSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Marina VaiSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.
Lilia AlberghinaSYSBIO Centre for Systems Biology, Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-1694-931X

Funding

Italian Ministry of University and Research (MIUR)University of Milano-Bicocca, Department of Biotechnology and Biosciences
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

For unicellular organisms, the reproduction rate and growth are crucial fitness determinants and functional manifestations of the organism genotype. Using the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model organism, we integrated metabolism, which provides energy and building blocks for growth, with cell mass growth and cell cycle progression into a low-granularity, multiscale (from cell to population) computational model. This model predicted that cells with constitutive respiration do not modulate cell size according to the growth conditions. We experimentally validated the model predictions using mutants with defects in the upper part of glycolysis or glucose transport. Plugging in molecular details of cellular subsystems allowed us to refine predictions from the cellular to the molecular level. Our hybrid multiscale modeling approach provides a framework for structuring molecular knowledge and predicting cell phenotypes under various genetic and environmental conditions.

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Cell CycleFermentationModels, BiologicalSaccharomyces cerevisiaeCell SizeComputational BiologyComputer SimulationGlucoseGlycolysisGlucose

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PMID40690530
PMCPMC12377586

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