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Annotation of Plant Gene Function via Combined Genomics, Metabolomics and Informatics

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An optimization framework for network annotation.

Sushant Patkar¹, Roded Sharan²

¹Computer Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

|June 29, 2018

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This study introduces a new computational framework for annotating biological networks, improving the prediction of gene activation and repression. The developed method significantly outperforms existing approaches for large-scale sign annotation in yeast.

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Area of Science:

Systems Biology
Computational Biology
Bioinformatics

Background:

Systems biology aims to model cellular processes using executable models.
Logical models, predicting node states as Boolean functions, are a powerful alternative to continuous models.
Accurate functional annotation of physical interactions with activation/repression (sign) effects is crucial for learning these logical models.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a novel optimization framework for large-scale sign annotation of biological networks.
To combine different plausible models of signaling in a rigorous manner for improved prediction accuracy.
To predict signs of physical interactions in large-scale knockout datasets.

Main Methods:

Developed a novel optimization framework for large-scale sign annotation.
Employed and combined different plausible models of biological signaling.
Applied the framework to two large-scale knockout datasets in yeast.
Evaluated the performance of individual components and the combined model.

Main Results:

Achieved accurate prediction of signs for physical interactions.
The developed predictor significantly outperforms previous work in large-scale sign annotation.
Demonstrated the effectiveness of the combined model approach.

Conclusions:

The novel optimization framework provides an accurate method for large-scale sign annotation.
The approach offers a considerable improvement over existing methods for predicting biological network interactions.
The developed code is publicly available for use in biological network modeling.