Metabolomics and Enzymology

Metabolic Modelling

Metabolic modelling allows a deep insight into the molecular mechanisms of a particular organism. A reconstruction process breaks down metabolic pathways into their respective reactions and enzymes, and analyses them within the perspective of the entire network. It collects all the relevant metabolic information of an organism and compiles it in a mathematical model. A deep analysis of these reconstructed pathways can allow identification of key features of metabolism such as growth yield, resource distribution, network robustness, and gene essentiality. This information can then be applied to create novel biotechnological methods.