Issue 10, 2013

A design automation framework for computational bioenergetics in biological networks

Abstract

The bioenergetic activity of mitochondria can be thoroughly investigated by using computational methods. In particular, in our work we focus on ATP and NADH, namely the metabolites representing the production of energy in the cell. We develop a computational framework to perform an exhaustive investigation at the level of species, reactions, genes and metabolic pathways. The framework integrates several methods implementing the state-of-the-art algorithms for many-objective optimization, sensitivity, and identifiability analysis applied to biological systems. We use this computational framework to analyze three case studies related to the human mitochondria and the algal metabolism of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii, formally described with algebraic differential equations or flux balance analysis. Integrating the results of our framework applied to interacting organelles would provide a general-purpose method for assessing the production of energy in a biological network.

Graphical abstract: A design automation framework for computational bioenergetics in biological networks

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Dec 2012
Accepted
04 Jul 2013
First published
04 Jul 2013

Mol. BioSyst., 2013,9, 2554-2564

A design automation framework for computational bioenergetics in biological networks

C. Angione, J. Costanza, G. Carapezza, P. Lió and G. Nicosia, Mol. BioSyst., 2013, 9, 2554 DOI: 10.1039/C3MB25558A

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