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ATLASx: a computational map for the exploration of biochemical space

Mohammadi-Peyhani, H.; Hafner, J.; Sveshnikova, A.; Viterbo, V.; Hatzimanikatis, V.

2021-02-18 biochemistry
10.1101/2021.02.17.431583 bioRxiv
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Metabolic "dark matter" describes currently unknown metabolic processes, which form a blind spot in our general understanding of metabolism and slow down the development of biosynthetic cell factories and naturally derived pharmaceuticals. Mapping the dark matter of metabolism remains an open challenge that can be addressed globally and systematically by existing computational solutions. In this work, we use 490 generalized enzymatic reaction rules to map both known and unknown metabolic processes around a biochemical database of 1.5 million biological compounds. We predict over 5 million reactions and integrate nearly 2 million naturally and synthetically-derived compounds into the global network of biochemical knowledge, named ATLASx. ATLASx is available to researchers as a powerful online platform that supports the prediction and analysis of novel biochemical pathways and evaluates the biochemical vicinity of molecule classes (https://lcsbdatabases.epfl.ch/Atlas2).

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