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This study introduces mfapy, a flexible open-source Python package for 13C-based metabolic flux analysis (13C-MFA). mfapy enhances metabolic engineering and biology research by streamlining the estimation of intracellular metabolic flux distributions from isotope labeling data.

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  • Metabolic Engineering
  • Systems Biology
  • Computational Biology

Background:

  • 13C-based metabolic flux analysis (13C-MFA) is crucial for quantifying intracellular metabolic fluxes.
  • Current 13C-MFA methods rely on non-linear optimization to estimate flux distributions from isotope labeling data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop mfapy, an open-source Python package offering enhanced flexibility and extensibility for 13C-MFA.
  • To provide a platform supporting customized data analysis workflows for isotope labeling experiments.

Main Methods:

  • Development of the mfapy Python package.
  • Implementation of a framework requiring users to define each data analysis step via custom Python code.
  • Leveraging non-linear optimization for metabolic flux estimation.

Main Results:

  • mfapy provides a flexible and extensible environment for 13C-MFA.
  • The package facilitates trial-and-error analysis, experimental design through simulations, and the development of novel data analysis techniques.
  • The mfapy package is publicly available on Github.

Conclusions:

  • mfapy empowers researchers with greater control and customization in 13C-MFA.
  • The package is poised to advance metabolic engineering and biological research by improving the analysis of stable isotope labeling experiments.