Constraint Based Analysis#

In this notebook, we are going to discuss some basics of CBA from their mathematical, theoretical and biological perspective.

Overflow metabolism is caused by two growth‑limiting constraints#

Literature

  • de Groot et al (2020) DOI

  • Basan et. al (2015) DOI

Overflow metabolism in Escherichia coli results from efficient proteome allocation.

The authors assume that the yield of energy per carbon molecule is higher for respiration than for fermentation: \(n{_r} > n{_f}\), but that fermentation is more proteome-efficient: \(\epsilon{_f} > \epsilon{_r}\).