From elementary flux modes to elementary flux vectors: Metabolic pathway analysis with arbitrary linear flux constraints

S Klamt, G Regensburger, MP Gerstl… - PLoS computational …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Elementary flux modes (EFMs) emerged as a formal concept to describe metabolic
pathways and have become an established tool for constraint-based modeling and …

On the feasibility of growth-coupled product synthesis in microbial strains

S Klamt, R Mahadevan - Metabolic engineering, 2015 - Elsevier
Enforcing obligate coupling of growth with synthesis of a desired product has become a key
principle for metabolic engineering of microbial production strains. Various methods from …

Metabolomics integrated elementary flux mode analysis in large metabolic networks

MP Gerstl, DE Ruckerbauer, D Mattanovich… - Scientific reports, 2015 - nature.com
Elementary flux modes (EFMs) are non-decomposable steady-state pathways in metabolic
networks. They characterize phenotypes, quantify robustness or identify engineering targets …

Elementary vectors and autocatalytic sets for resource allocation in next-generation models of cellular growth

S Müller, D Széliová, J Zanghellini - PLoS computational biology, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Traditional (genome-scale) metabolic models of cellular growth involve an approximate
biomass “reaction”, which specifies biomass composition in terms of precursor metabolites …

Predicting genetic engineering targets with Elementary Flux Mode Analysis: a review of four current methods

DE Ruckerbauer, C Jungreuthmayer, J Zanghellini - New biotechnology, 2015 - Elsevier
Highlights•We briefly review and compare four EFM-based methods for in silico strain
design.•Constrained minimal cut sets and AutoDesign predict deletion targets.•Casop and …

Logic programming-based Minimal Cut Sets reveal consortium-level therapeutic targets for chronic wound infections

M Mahout, RP Carlson, L Simon, S Peres - npj Systems Biology and …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Minimal Cut Sets (MCSs) identify sets of reactions which, when removed from a
metabolic network, disable certain cellular functions. The traditional search for MCSs within …

Unlocking elementary conversion modes: Ecmtool unveils all capabilities of metabolic networks

TJ Clement, EB Baalhuis, B Teusink, FJ Bruggeman… - Patterns, 2021 - cell.com
The metabolic capabilities of cells determine their biotechnological potential, fitness in
ecosystems, pathogenic threat levels, and function in multicellular organisms. Their …

Principal metabolic flux mode analysis

S Bhadra, P Blomberg, S Castillo, J Rousu - Bioinformatics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
Motivation In the analysis of metabolism, two distinct and complementary approaches are
frequently used: Principal component analysis (PCA) and stoichiometric flux analysis. PCA …

TreeEFM: calculating elementary flux modes using linear optimization in a tree-based algorithm

J Pey, JA Villar, L Tobalina, A Rezola, JM García… - …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Motivation: Elementary flux modes (EFMs) analysis constitutes a fundamental tool
in systems biology. However, the efficient calculation of EFMs in genome-scale metabolic …

Answer Set Programming for Computing Constraints-Based Elementary Flux Modes: Application to Escherichia coli Core Metabolism

M Mahout, RP Carlson, S Peres - Processes, 2020 - mdpi.com
Elementary Flux Modes (EFMs) provide a rigorous basis to systematically characterize the
steady state, cellular phenotypes, as well as metabolic network robustness and fragility …