Sign‐sensitivity of metabolic networks: Which structures determine the sign of the responses

DOI10.1002/RNC.5896arXiv2105.02222OpenAlexW3216990224MaRDI QIDQ6152797FDOQ6152797

Authors: Nicola Vassena 

Publication date: 13 February 2024

Published in: International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear Control (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Perturbations are ubiquitous in metabolism. A central tool to understand and control their influence on metabolic networks is sensitivity analysis, which investigates how the network responds to external perturbations. We follow here a structural approach: the analysis is based on the network stoichiometry only and it does not require any quantitative knowledge of the reaction rates. We consider perturbations of reaction rates and metabolite concentrations, at equilibrium, and we investigate the responses in the network. For general metabolic systems, this paper focuses on the sign of the responses, i.e. whether a response is positive, negative or whether its sign depends on the parameters of the system. In particular, we identify and describe the subnetworks that are the main players in the sign description. These subnetworks are associated to certain kernel vectors of the stoichiometric matrix and are thus independent from the chosen kinetics.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2105.02222

zbMATH Keywords

sensitivitymetabolic networksstructural analysismetabolic control

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Systems biology, networks (92C42)

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