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Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain (2024)
Journal Article
Franks, S. J., Gowler, P. R., Dunster, J. L., Turnbull, J., Gohir, S. A., Kelly, A., Valdes, A. M., King, J. R., Barrett, D. A., Chapman, V., & Preston, S. (2024). Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain. Mathematical Biosciences, 374, Article 109228. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mbs.2024.109228

Chronic pain is a major cause of disability and suffering in osteoarthritis (OA) patients. Endogenous specialised pro-resolving molecules (SPMs) curtail pro-inflammatory responses. One of the SPM intermediate oxylipins, 17-hydroxydocasahexaenoic acid... Read More about Modelling the role of enzymatic pathways in the metabolism of docosahexaenoic acid by monocytes and its association with osteoarthritic pain.

Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma (2022)
Journal Article
Tomi-Andrino, C., Pandele, A., Winzer, K., King, J., Rahman, R., & Kim, D.-H. (2022). Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma. Scientific Reports, 12, Article 11189. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14721-w

The manifestation of intra- and inter-tumor heterogeneity hinders the development of ubiquitous cancer treatments, thus requiring a tailored therapy for each cancer type. Specifically, the reprogramming of cellular metabolism has been identified as a... Read More about Metabolic modeling-based drug repurposing in Glioblastoma.

A genome-scale metabolic model of Cupriavidus necator H16 integrated with TraDIS and transcriptomic data reveals metabolic insights for biotechnological applications (2022)
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Pearcy, N., Garavaglia, M., Millat, T., Gilbert, J. P., Song, Y., Hartman, H., Woods, C., Tomi-Andrino, C., Bommareddy, R. R., Cho, B. K., Fell, D. A., Poolman, M., King, J. R., Winzer, K., Twycross, J., & Minton, N. P. (2022). A genome-scale metabolic model of Cupriavidus necator H16 integrated with TraDIS and transcriptomic data reveals metabolic insights for biotechnological applications. PLoS Computational Biology, 18(5), Article e1010106. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1010106

Exploiting biological processes to recycle renewable carbon into high value platform chemicals provides a sustainable and greener alternative to current reliance on petrochemicals. In this regard Cupriavidus necator H16 represents a particularly prom... Read More about A genome-scale metabolic model of Cupriavidus necator H16 integrated with TraDIS and transcriptomic data reveals metabolic insights for biotechnological applications.

Physicochemical and metabolic constraints for thermodynamics-based stoichiometric modelling under mesophilic growth conditions (2021)
Journal Article
Tomi-Andrino, C., Norman, R., Millat, T., Soucaille, P., Winzer, K., Barrett, D. A., King, J., & Kim, D.-H. (2021). Physicochemical and metabolic constraints for thermodynamics-based stoichiometric modelling under mesophilic growth conditions. PLoS Computational Biology, 17(1), Article e1007694. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1007694

© 2021 Tomi-Andrino et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source a... Read More about Physicochemical and metabolic constraints for thermodynamics-based stoichiometric modelling under mesophilic growth conditions.

Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions (2020)
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Tomi-Andrino, C., Norman, R., Millat, T., Soucaille, P., Winzer, K., Barrett, D. A., King, J., & Kim, D.-H. Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions

Metabolic engineering in the post-genomic era is characterised by the development of new methods for metabolomics and fluxomics, supported by the integration of genetic engineering tools and mathematical modelling. Particularly, constraint-based stoi... Read More about Assessing the impact of physicochemical parameters in the predictive capabilities of thermodynamics-based stoichiometric approaches under mesophilic and thermophilic conditions.

Using singular perturbation theory to determine kinetic parameters in a non-standard coupled enzyme assay (2020)
Journal Article
Dalwadi, M. P., Orol, D., Walter, F., Minton, N. P., King, J. R., & Kovács, K. (2020). Using singular perturbation theory to determine kinetic parameters in a non-standard coupled enzyme assay. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 81(2), 649-690. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-020-01524-8

We investigate how to characterize the kinetic parameters of an aminotransaminase using a non-standard coupled (or auxiliary) enzyme assay, where the peculiarity arises for two reasons. First, one of the products of the auxiliary enzyme is a substrat... Read More about Using singular perturbation theory to determine kinetic parameters in a non-standard coupled enzyme assay.

Development of a Corynebacterium glutamicum bio-factory for self-sufficient transaminase reactions (2020)
Journal Article
Grigoriou, S., Kugler, P., Kulcinskaja, E., Walter, F., King, J., Hill, P., Wendisch, V. F., & O'Reilly, E. (2020). Development of a Corynebacterium glutamicum bio-factory for self-sufficient transaminase reactions. Green Chemistry, 22(13), 4128-4132. https://doi.org/10.1039/d0gc01432j

The development of biocatalytic routes for the synthesis of chiral amines starting from achiral building blocks is highly desirable. Here, we report a self-sufficient whole-cell system for the conversion of a model ketone to the corresponding cyclic... Read More about Development of a Corynebacterium glutamicum bio-factory for self-sufficient transaminase reactions.

Gsmodutils: A python based framework for test-driven genome scale metabolic model development (2018)
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Gilbert, J. P., Pearcy, N., Norman, R., Millat, T., Winzer, K., King, J., Hodgman, C., Minton, N., & Twycross, J. (2018). Gsmodutils: A python based framework for test-driven genome scale metabolic model development

Motivation Genome scale metabolic models (GSMMs) are increasingly important for systems biology and metabolic engineering research as they are capable of simulating complex steady-state behaviour. Constraints based models of this form can include tho... Read More about Gsmodutils: A python based framework for test-driven genome scale metabolic model development.

Upscaling Diffusion Through First-Order Volumetric Sinks: A Homogenization of Bacterial Nutrient Uptake (2018)
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Dalwadi, M. P., Wang, Y., King, J. R., & Minton, N. P. (2018). Upscaling Diffusion Through First-Order Volumetric Sinks: A Homogenization of Bacterial Nutrient Uptake. SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, 78(3), 1300-1329. https://doi.org/10.1137/17m1138625

In mathematical models that include nutrient delivery to bacteria, it is prohibitively expensive to include a pointwise nutrient uptake within small bacterial regions over bioreactor length-scales, and so such models often impose an effective uptake... Read More about Upscaling Diffusion Through First-Order Volumetric Sinks: A Homogenization of Bacterial Nutrient Uptake.

Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway (2017)
Journal Article
Dalwadi, M. P., Garavaglia, M., Webb, J. P., King, J. R., & Minton, N. P. (2018). Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway. Journal of Theoretical Biology, 439, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtbi.2017.11.022

The mevalonate pathway is normally found in eukaryotes, and allows for the production of isoprenoids, a useful class of organic compounds. This pathway has been successfully introduced to Escherichia coli, enabling a biosynthetic production route for... Read More about Applying asymptotic methods to synthetic biology: modelling the reaction kinetics of the mevalonate pathway.