Thermodynamic and Probabilistic Metabolic Control Analysis of Riboflavin (Vitamin B2) Biosynthesis in Bacteria

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology

Volumn 177, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 732-752

  Birkenmeier, Markus ^a   Mack, Matthias ^a   Röder, Thorsten ^a  

^a MANNHEIM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

In silico pathway analysis; Limiting reactions enzymes; Metabolic control analysis; Monte Carlo simulation; Probabilistic predictions; Random sampling; Riboflavin vitamin B2 biosynthesis; Thermodynamic analysis; Uncertainty modeling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMES; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; METABOLIC ENGINEERING; METABOLISM; MONTE CARLO METHODS; THERMOANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

LIMITING REACTIONS/ENZYMES; METABOLIC CONTROL ANALYSIS; PATHWAY ANALYSIS; PROBABILISTIC PREDICTION; RANDOM SAMPLING; THERMO DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY MODELING;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DEAMINASE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE CYCLOHYDROLASE II; LUMAZINE; PHOSPHATASE; RIBOFLAVIN; RIBOFLAVIN KINASE; RIBOFLAVIN SYNTHASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELASTICITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME KINETICS; ENZYME MECHANISM; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; EREMOTHECIUM ASHBYI; IN VITRO STUDY; KOMAGATAELLA PASTORIS; METABOLIC REGULATION; NET FLUX; NONHUMAN; STEADY STATE; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; BIOLOGY; METABOLISM; PROBABILITY; PROCEDURES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; RIBOFLAVIN; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 84942830941     PISSN: 02732289     EISSN: 15590291     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12010-015-1776-y     Document Type: Article

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