A hybrid of ant colony optimization and minimization of metabolic adjustment to improve the production of succinic acid in Escherichia coli
| Autor: | Chuii Khim Chong, Safaai Deris, Mohd Saberi Mohamad, Yee Wen Choon, Shiue Kee Chong, Abdul Hakim Mohamed Salleh |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Candidate gene
In silico Ant colony optimization algorithms Succinic Acid Health Informatics Computational biology medicine.disease_cause Models Biological Hybrid algorithm Computer Science Applications Microbiology Gene Knockout Techniques chemistry.chemical_compound chemistry Succinic acid Escherichia coli medicine Computer Simulation Gene Gene knockout |
| Zdroj: | Computers in Biology and Medicine. 49:74-82 |
| ISSN: | 0010-4825 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.compbiomed.2014.03.011 |
| Popis: | This paper presents a study on gene knockout strategies to identify candidate genes to be knocked out for improving the production of succinic acid in Escherichia coli. Succinic acid is widely used as a precursor for many chemicals, for example production of antibiotics, therapeutic proteins and food. However, the chemical syntheses of succinic acid using the traditional methods usually result in the production that is far below their theoretical maximums. In silico gene knockout strategies are commonly implemented to delete the gene in E. coli to overcome this problem. In this paper, a hybrid of Ant Colony Optimization (ACO) and Minimization of Metabolic Adjustment (MoMA) is proposed to identify gene knockout strategies to improve the production of succinic acid in E. coli. As a result, the hybrid algorithm generated a list of knockout genes, succinic acid production rate and growth rate for E. coli after gene knockout. The results of the hybrid algorithm were compared with the previous methods, OptKnock and MOMAKnock. It was found that the hybrid algorithm performed better than OptKnock and MOMAKnock in terms of the production rate. The information from the results produced from the hybrid algorithm can be used in wet laboratory experiments to increase the production of succinic acid in E. coli. |
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