Title
Spatial stochastic modelling of the phosphoenolpyruvate-dependent phosphotransferase (PTS) pathway in Escherichia coli
Abstract
Motivation: Many biochemical networks involve reactions localized on the cell membrane. This can give rise to spatial gradients of the concentration of cytosolic species. Moreover, the number of membrane molecules can be small and stochastic effects can become relevant. Pathways usually consist of a complex interaction network and are characterized by a large set of parameters. The inclusion of spatial and stochastic effects is a major challenge in developing quantitative and dynamic models of pathways. Results: We have developed a particle-based spatial stochastic method (GMP) to simulate biochemical networks in space, including fluctuations from the diffusion of particles and reactions. Gradients emerging from membrane reactions can be resolved. As case studies for the GMP method we used a simple gene expression system and the phosphoenolpyruvate:glucose phosphotransferase system pathway. Availability: The source code for the GMP method is available at http://www.science.uva.nl/research/scs/CellMath/GMP Contact: jrodrigu@science.uva.nl
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1093/bioinformatics/btl271
Bioinformatics
Keywords
Field
DocType
stochastic modelling,source code,interaction network,escherichia coli
Cytosol,Phosphoenolpyruvate carboxykinase,PEP group translocation,Biology,Cell membrane,Interaction network,Membrane,Stochastic modelling,Bioinformatics,Phosphotransferase
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
22
15
1367-4803
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
27
2.96
2
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Jordi Vidal Rodríguez1272.96
Jaap A. Kaandorp211019.07
Maciej Dobrzyński3505.89
Joke G Blom416123.43