Correlation-enhanced viable core in metabolic networks

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Main Authors: Lee, Mi Jin, Yi, Sudo, Lee, Deok-Sun
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author Lee, Mi Jin
Yi, Sudo
Lee, Deok-Sun
author_facet Lee, Mi Jin
Yi, Sudo
Lee, Deok-Sun
contents Cellular ingredient concentrations can be stabilized by adjusting generation and consumption rates through multiple pathways. To explore the portion of cellular metabolism equipped with multiple pathways, we categorize individual metabolic reactions and compounds as viable or inviable: A compound is viable if processed by two or more reactions, and a reaction is viable if all of its substrates and products are viable. Using this classification, we identify the maximal subnetwork of viable nodes, referred to as the {\it viable core}, in bipartite metabolic networks across thousands of species. The obtained viable cores are remarkably larger than those in degree-preserving randomized networks, while their broad degree distributions commonly enable the viable cores to shrink gradually as reaction nodes are deleted. We demonstrate that the positive degree-degree correlations of the empirical networks may underlie the enlarged viable cores compared to the randomized networks. By investigating the relation between degree and cross-species frequency of metabolic compounds and reactions, we elucidate the evolutionary origin of the correlations.
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spellingShingle Correlation-enhanced viable core in metabolic networks
Lee, Mi Jin
Yi, Sudo
Lee, Deok-Sun
Molecular Networks
Biological Physics
Populations and Evolution
Cellular ingredient concentrations can be stabilized by adjusting generation and consumption rates through multiple pathways. To explore the portion of cellular metabolism equipped with multiple pathways, we categorize individual metabolic reactions and compounds as viable or inviable: A compound is viable if processed by two or more reactions, and a reaction is viable if all of its substrates and products are viable. Using this classification, we identify the maximal subnetwork of viable nodes, referred to as the {\it viable core}, in bipartite metabolic networks across thousands of species. The obtained viable cores are remarkably larger than those in degree-preserving randomized networks, while their broad degree distributions commonly enable the viable cores to shrink gradually as reaction nodes are deleted. We demonstrate that the positive degree-degree correlations of the empirical networks may underlie the enlarged viable cores compared to the randomized networks. By investigating the relation between degree and cross-species frequency of metabolic compounds and reactions, we elucidate the evolutionary origin of the correlations.
title Correlation-enhanced viable core in metabolic networks
topic Molecular Networks
Biological Physics
Populations and Evolution
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.02624