Construction and Validation of a Genome-Scale Metabolic Network of Thermotoga sp. Strain RQ7.

Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
Jyotshana Gautam, Zhaohui Xu

Abstract

Thermotoga are anaerobic hyperthermophiles that have a deep lineage to the last universal ancestor and produce biological hydrogen gas accompanying cell growth. In recent years, systems-level approaches have been used to elucidate their metabolic capacities, by integrating mathematical modeling and experimental results. To assist biochemical engineering studies of T. sp. strain RQ7, this work aims at building a metabolic model of the bacterium that quantitatively simulates its metabolism at the genome scale. The constructed model, RQ7_iJG408, consists of 408 genes, 692 reactions, and 538 metabolites. Constraint-based flux balance analyses were used to simulate cell growth in both the complex and defined media. Quantitative comparison of the predicted and measured growth rates resulted in good agreements. This model serves as a foundation for an integrated biochemical description of T. sp. strain RQ7. It is a useful tool in designing growth media, identifying metabolic engineering strategies, and exploiting the physiological potentials of this biotechnologically significant organism.

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