Machine learning applied to enzyme turnover numbers reveals protein structural correlates and improves metabolic models

Experimental data on enzyme turnover numbers is sparse and noisy. Here, the authors use machine learning to successfully predict enzyme turnover numbers for E. coli, and show that using these to parameterize mechanistic genome-scale models enhances their predictive accuracy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Heckmann, Colton J. Lloyd, Nathan Mih, Yuanchi Ha, Daniel C. Zielinski, Zachary B. Haiman, Abdelmoneim Amer Desouki, Martin J. Lercher, Bernhard O. Palsson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07652-6