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  • Systems Biology
  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • Genome-scale metabolic network reconstructions (GENREs) are crucial for understanding organism metabolism and engineering novel pathways.
  • A significant bottleneck in GENRE utilization, especially for non-model organisms, is the time-consuming curation process for automatically generated draft networks.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel approach, Ensemble Flux Balance Analysis (EnsembleFBA), to enhance the predictive power of draft GENREs.
  • To demonstrate the utility of EnsembleFBA in systems biology workflows for predicting gene essentiality and identifying species-specific metabolic targets.

Main Methods:

  • EnsembleFBA represents multiple equally valid network structures from draft GENREs to generate predictions from an ensemble.
  • The approach was validated by predicting growth and gene essentiality in *Pseudomonas aeruginosa*.
  • EnsembleFBA was applied to six *Streptococcus* species to predict essential genes and map them to small molecule ligands.

Main Results:

  • EnsembleFBA improves the predictive capabilities of draft GENREs by leveraging an ensemble of equally consistent network structures.
  • Predictions of gene essentiality in *Streptococcus* species revealed unique metabolic subsystem contributions and species-specific small molecule interactions.
  • The method increases prediction quality without a substantial increase in reconstruction time.

Conclusions:

  • EnsembleFBA offers a practical solution to enhance the utility of GENREs for a wide range of organisms, particularly non-model species.
  • This approach makes computational metabolic modeling more accessible for applications requiring predictions across multiple organisms.
  • The open availability of functions and code facilitates broader adoption in systems biology research.