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ArticlePLoS computational biology2025

Optimization-based framework with flux balance analysis (FBA) and metabolic pathway analysis (MPA) for identifying metabolic objective functions.

Ching-Mei Wen, Eleftherios Papoutsakis, Marianthi Ierapetritou

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Ching-Mei WenDepartment of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America.ORCID 0000-0002-0790-9239
Eleftherios PapoutsakisDepartment of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America.
Marianthi IerapetritouDepartment of Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America.

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US Department of Energy AR0001505
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Abstract

Metabolic network modeling, especially Flux Balance Analysis (FBA), plays a critical role in systems biology by providing insights into cellular behaviors. Although FBA is the main tool for predicting flux distributions, it can face challenges capturing flux variations under different conditions. Selecting an appropriate objective function is therefore important for accurately representing system performance. To address this, we introduce a novel framework (e.g., TIObjFind) that imposes Metabolic Pathway Analysis (MPA) with Flux Balance Analysis (FBA) to analyze adaptive shifts in cellular responses throughout different stages of a biological system. This framework determines Coefficients of Importance (CoIs) that quantify each reaction's contribution to an objective function, aligning optimization results with experimental flux data. By examining Coefficients of Importance, TIObjFind enhances the interpretability of complex metabolic networks and provides insights into adaptive cellular responses.

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Metabolic Flux AnalysisMetabolic Networks and PathwaysModels, BiologicalSystems BiologyAlgorithmsComputational BiologyComputer Simulation

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