Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.

Metabolic pathway analysis, one of the most important fields in biochemistry, is pivotal to understanding the maintenance and modulation of the functions of an organism. Good comprehension of metabolic pathways is critical to understanding the mechanisms of some fundamental biological processes. Giv...

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Autores principales: Yu-Fei Gao, Lei Chen, Yu-Dong Cai, Kai-Yan Feng, Tao Huang, Yang Jiang
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:b12904116dc642fcaf89a50fd1c6f4092021-11-18T07:04:28ZPredicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.1932-620310.1371/journal.pone.0045944https://doaj.org/article/b12904116dc642fcaf89a50fd1c6f4092012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/23029334/?tool=EBIhttps://doaj.org/toc/1932-6203Metabolic pathway analysis, one of the most important fields in biochemistry, is pivotal to understanding the maintenance and modulation of the functions of an organism. Good comprehension of metabolic pathways is critical to understanding the mechanisms of some fundamental biological processes. Given a small molecule or an enzyme, how may one identify the metabolic pathways in which it may participate? Answering such a question is a first important step in understanding a metabolic pathway system. By utilizing the information provided by chemical-chemical interactions, chemical-protein interactions, and protein-protein interactions, a novel method was proposed by which to allocate small molecules and enzymes to 11 major classes of metabolic pathways. A benchmark dataset consisting of 3,348 small molecules and 654 enzymes of yeast was constructed to test the method. It was observed that the first order prediction accuracy evaluated by the jackknife test was 79.56% in identifying the small molecules and enzymes in a benchmark dataset. Our method may become a useful vehicle in predicting the metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes, providing a basis for some further analysis of the pathway systems.Yu-Fei GaoLei ChenYu-Dong CaiKai-Yan FengTao HuangYang JiangPublic Library of Science (PLoS)articleMedicineRScienceQENPLoS ONE, Vol 7, Iss 9, p e45944 (2012)
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Yu-Fei Gao
Lei Chen
Yu-Dong Cai
Kai-Yan Feng
Tao Huang
Yang Jiang
Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
description Metabolic pathway analysis, one of the most important fields in biochemistry, is pivotal to understanding the maintenance and modulation of the functions of an organism. Good comprehension of metabolic pathways is critical to understanding the mechanisms of some fundamental biological processes. Given a small molecule or an enzyme, how may one identify the metabolic pathways in which it may participate? Answering such a question is a first important step in understanding a metabolic pathway system. By utilizing the information provided by chemical-chemical interactions, chemical-protein interactions, and protein-protein interactions, a novel method was proposed by which to allocate small molecules and enzymes to 11 major classes of metabolic pathways. A benchmark dataset consisting of 3,348 small molecules and 654 enzymes of yeast was constructed to test the method. It was observed that the first order prediction accuracy evaluated by the jackknife test was 79.56% in identifying the small molecules and enzymes in a benchmark dataset. Our method may become a useful vehicle in predicting the metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes, providing a basis for some further analysis of the pathway systems.
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author Yu-Fei Gao
Lei Chen
Yu-Dong Cai
Kai-Yan Feng
Tao Huang
Yang Jiang
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Lei Chen
Yu-Dong Cai
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title Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
title_short Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
title_full Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
title_fullStr Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
title_full_unstemmed Predicting metabolic pathways of small molecules and enzymes based on interaction information of chemicals and proteins.
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