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  • Systems Biology
  • Biochemistry

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  • Metabolomics technologies provide high-quality, time-resolved metabolic profiles.
  • Existing regression-based approaches capture only linear relationships, limiting analysis of complex metabolic networks.
  • Understanding non-linear dynamics and metabolite couplings is crucial for deciphering metabolic regulation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To introduce Stoichiometric Correlation Analysis (SCA), a novel method for analyzing metabolic profiles.
  • To enable the discovery of higher-order dependencies between multiple metabolites.
  • To quantify reaction rate couplings and their changes in different biological contexts.

Main Methods:

  • Developed SCA based on correlations of positive linear combinations of log-transformed metabolic profiles.
  • Applied SCA to a model of the tricarboxylic acid cycle to validate its ability to detect enzyme kinetics.
  • Utilized time-resolved metabolomics data from *Arabidopsis thaliana* and *Escherichia coli*.

Main Results:

  • SCA successfully identified higher-order dependencies reflecting coupled reactant complexes and subtle enzyme kinetic differences.
  • The method quantified differences in reaction rate couplings during the stringent response in *A. thaliana* and *E. coli*.
  • Analysis of wild and domesticated wheat and tomato revealed a loss of metabolite couplings during domestication.

Conclusions:

  • SCA offers a powerful tool for analyzing non-linear dynamics in metabolic networks.
  • The approach provides mechanistic insights into metabolic regulation and evolutionary processes like domestication.
  • SCA enhances the interpretation of metabolomics data from natural variation studies.