Wenqi Xu , Jingyi Cai , Wenjun Wu , Qianqian Yuan , Zhitao Mao , Hongwu Ma
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Improving metabolic engineering design with enzyme-thermo optimization
Metabolic target and strategy design play a critical role in enhancing the DBTL (Design-Build-Test-Learn) cycle in metabolic engineering. Classical stoichiometric algorithms such as OptForceMust and FSEOF narrow the experimental search space but fail to account for thermodynamic feasibility and enzyme-usage costs, leaving a space for their predictive performance. In this study, we introduce ET-OptME, a framework integrating two algorithms that systematically incorporate enzyme efficiency and thermodynamic feasibility constraints into genome-scale metabolic models. By mitigating thermodynamic bottlenecks and optimizing enzyme usage through a stepwise constraint-layering approach, ET-OptME delivers more physiologically realistic intervention strategies when compared with experimental records. Quantitative evaluation of five product targets in the Corynebacterium glutamicum model reveals that the algorithm showing at least 292 %, 161 % and 70 % increase in minimal precision and at least 106 %, 97 % and 47 % increase in accuracy when compared with stoichiometric methods, thermodynamic constrained methods, and enzyme constrained algorithms respectively.
期刊介绍:
Metabolic Engineering (MBE) is a journal that focuses on publishing original research papers on the directed modulation of metabolic pathways for metabolite overproduction or the enhancement of cellular properties. It welcomes papers that describe the engineering of native pathways and the synthesis of heterologous pathways to convert microorganisms into microbial cell factories. The journal covers experimental, computational, and modeling approaches for understanding metabolic pathways and manipulating them through genetic, media, or environmental means. Effective exploration of metabolic pathways necessitates the use of molecular biology and biochemistry methods, as well as engineering techniques for modeling and data analysis. MBE serves as a platform for interdisciplinary research in fields such as biochemistry, molecular biology, applied microbiology, cellular physiology, cellular nutrition in health and disease, and biochemical engineering. The journal publishes various types of papers, including original research papers and review papers. It is indexed and abstracted in databases such as Scopus, Embase, EMBiology, Current Contents - Life Sciences and Clinical Medicine, Science Citation Index, PubMed/Medline, CAS and Biotechnology Citation Index.