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  • Biochemistry
  • Systems Biology
  • Synthetic Biology

Background:

  • Bistable biochemical switches are crucial for cellular decision-making and memory.
  • Existing characterized switches are insufficient for broad property analysis.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To systematically construct and analyze all possible bistable biochemical reaction networks.
  • To provide a comprehensive resource for studying chemical switch properties.

Main Methods:

  • Generated over 35,000 unique reaction topologies for networks with up to six reactions (3 molecules) and three reactions (4 molecules).
  • Populated these topologies with biologically realistic reaction rates.
  • Performed bistability and parameter analysis on over seven million models.

Main Results:

  • Developed the Searchable Web Interface for Topologies of CHEmical Switches (SWITCHES) database.
  • The database offers extensive analysis of chemical reaction space for bistable systems.

Conclusions:

  • The SWITCHES database is a valuable resource for theoreticians and experimentalists.
  • Facilitates the analysis of chemical system stability and the creation of synthetic biological switches.