Identify structures underlying out-of-equilibrium reaction networks with random graph analysis
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: , a living cell, a neural network, the Internet). How such measures can be applied to understand the rational and experimental design of chemical reaction networks (CRNs) is unknown. Here, we develop a procedure to model CRNs as a mathematical graph on which network measures and a random graph analysis can be applied. We used an enzymatic CRN (for which a mass-action model was previously developed) to show that the procedure provides insights into its network structure and properties. Temporal analyses, in particular, revealed when feedback interactions emerge in such a network, indicating that CRNs comprise various reactions that are being added and removed over time. We envision that the procedure, including the temporal network analysis method, could be broadly applied in chemistry to characterize the network properties of many other CRNs, promising data-driven analysis of future molecular systems of ever greater complexity.
Source: Chemical Science
DOI: 10.1039/d4sc05234j
Institution: University of Twente
Language: English
Subfield: Molecular Biology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4406183763