Enzyme allocation problems in kinetic metabolic networks: Optimal solutions are elementary flux modes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 182-190

  Müller, Stefan ^a,b   Regensburger, Georg ^a   Steuer, Ralf ^c  

^a JOHANN RADON INSTITUTE FOR COMPUTATIONAL AND APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Austria)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Conformal sum; Elementary vector; Enzyme kinetics; Metabolic optimization; Oriented matroid

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; METABOLISM; OPTIMIZATION; STOICHIOMETRY; SURVIVAL;

AMINO ACID SYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME METABOLISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS OPTIMIZATION; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS;

CONFORMAL SUM; ELEMENTARY VECTOR; ENZYME KINETICS; METABOLIC OPTIMIZATION; ORIENTED MATROID;

KINETICS; METABOLISM; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 84896713646     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.11.015     Document Type: Article

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