The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis

Abstract A better understanding of human metabolism and its relationship with diseases is an important task in human systems biology studies. In this paper, we present a high‐quality human metabolic network manually reconstructed by integrating genome annotation information from different databases...

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Main Authors: Hongwu Ma, Anatoly Sorokin, Alexander Mazein, Alex Selkov, Evgeni Selkov, Oleg Demin, Igor Goryanin
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Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2007-09-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100177
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author Hongwu Ma
Anatoly Sorokin
Alexander Mazein
Alex Selkov
Evgeni Selkov
Oleg Demin
Igor Goryanin
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description Abstract A better understanding of human metabolism and its relationship with diseases is an important task in human systems biology studies. In this paper, we present a high‐quality human metabolic network manually reconstructed by integrating genome annotation information from different databases and metabolic reaction information from literature. The network contains nearly 3000 metabolic reactions, which were reorganized into about 70 human‐specific metabolic pathways according to their functional relationships. By analysis of the functional connectivity of the metabolites in the network, the bow‐tie structure, which was found previously by structure analysis, is reconfirmed. Furthermore, the distribution of the disease related genes in the network suggests that the IN (substrates) subset of the bow‐tie structure has more flexibility than other parts.
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spelling doaj-art-c7cdc449f7194a83aed778e264fd4e6b2025-08-24T12:02:03ZengSpringer NatureMolecular Systems Biology1744-42922007-09-01311810.1038/msb4100177The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysisHongwu Ma0Anatoly Sorokin1Alexander Mazein2Alex Selkov3Evgeni Selkov4Oleg Demin5Igor Goryanin6Computational Systems Biology, School of Informatics, The University of EdinburghComputational Systems Biology, School of Informatics, The University of EdinburghComputational Systems Biology, School of Informatics, The University of EdinburghEMP Project Inc.EMP Project Inc.Institute for Systems Biology SPb, Leninskie Gory, Moscow State UniversityComputational Systems Biology, School of Informatics, The University of EdinburghAbstract A better understanding of human metabolism and its relationship with diseases is an important task in human systems biology studies. In this paper, we present a high‐quality human metabolic network manually reconstructed by integrating genome annotation information from different databases and metabolic reaction information from literature. The network contains nearly 3000 metabolic reactions, which were reorganized into about 70 human‐specific metabolic pathways according to their functional relationships. By analysis of the functional connectivity of the metabolites in the network, the bow‐tie structure, which was found previously by structure analysis, is reconfirmed. Furthermore, the distribution of the disease related genes in the network suggests that the IN (substrates) subset of the bow‐tie structure has more flexibility than other parts.https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100177bow‐tiehumanmetabolic networkpathway
spellingShingle Hongwu Ma
Anatoly Sorokin
Alexander Mazein
Alex Selkov
Evgeni Selkov
Oleg Demin
Igor Goryanin
The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
Molecular Systems Biology
bow‐tie
human
metabolic network
pathway
title The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
title_full The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
title_fullStr The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
title_full_unstemmed The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
title_short The Edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
title_sort edinburgh human metabolic network reconstruction and its functional analysis
topic bow‐tie
human
metabolic network
pathway
url https://doi.org/10.1038/msb4100177
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