Patent ID: 8108152
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: G01N,G16B

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a stored representation of a modified metabolic microbial network based on an organism-specific metabolic network with added functionalities to enable a desired biotransformation of a production host, the stored representation comprising a plurality of metabolic pathways which include at least one stoichiometrically balanced pathway, wherein each of the method steps is performed on a suitably programmed computer, said method steps comprising: (a) accessing reactions from a universal database to provide stoichiometric balance; (b) calculating a maximum theoretical yield of a product associated with a substrate; (c) identifying the at least one stoichiometrically balanced pathway based on the reactions, the substrate, and the maximum theoretical yield of the product to minimize a number of non-native functionalities in the production host; (d) incorporating the at least one stoichiometrically balanced pathway into the production host to provide the desired biotransformation; and (e) providing an output of said modified metabolic microbial network to a user.