characterizeReactions: Characterize stoichiometric reactions by compartments and...

characterizeReactionsR Documentation

Characterize stoichiometric reactions by compartments and reaction type

Description

For a given set of stoichiometric reactions, this function:

  • Counts the number of reactions,

  • Computes the relative frequency of each reaction type (transport, exchange and compartmentalized),

  • Computes the relative frequency of reactions by compartment,

  • Counts the number of unique metabolites,

  • Computes the relative frequency of metabolites by compartment.

Usage

characterizeReactions(reactionList, rawOutput = FALSE)

Arguments

reactionList

A set of stoichiometric reaction with the following characteristics:

  • Arrows symbols must be given in the form '=>' or '<=>'

  • Inverse arrow symbols '<=' or other types as: '-->', '<==>', '->' will not be parsed and will lead to errors.

  • Arrow symbols and plus signs (+) must be surrounded by a space character

  • Stoichiometric coefficients must be surrounded by a space character and not by parentheses.

  • Each metabolite must have only one stoichiometric coefficient, substituents must be joined to metabolite name by a hyphen (-) symbol.

  • Exchange reactions have only one metabolite before arrow symbol

  • Compartments must be given between square brackets ([compartment]) joined at the end of metabolite name

Some examples of valid stoichiometric reactions are:

  • H2O[c] + Urea-1-Carboxylate[c] <=> 2 CO2[c] + 2 NH3[c]

  • ADP[c] + Phosphoenolpyruvate[c] => ATP[c] + Pyruvate[c]

  • CO2[c] <=>

rawOutput

A boolean value 'TRUE' or 'FALSE' if raw data should be returned instead of computed values.

Author(s)

Daniel Camilo Osorio <dcosorioh@tamu.edu>

Examples

# Loading a set of stoichiometric reactions
glycolysis <- read.csv(system.file("extdata/glycolysisModel.csv",package = "minval"), sep='\t')

# Characterizing the reactions
characterizeReactions(reactionList = glycolysis$REACTION)

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