Double mutants and perturbations

Version 3

Projects that do not fall under current programmes.

The MycoSynVac project AIMS at using cutting-edge synthetic biology methodologies to engineer Mycoplasma pneumoniae as a universal chassis for vaccination. Designing a universal Mycoplasma chassis that can be deployed as single- or multi-vaccine in a range of animal hosts. Annually, infections caused by Mycoplasma species in poultry, cows, and pigs result in multimillion Euro losses in the USA and Europe. There is no effective vaccination against many Mycoplasmas that infect pets, humans and farm ...

1. To develop a whole-cell dynamic model framework of the metabolism of M. pneumoniae
2. To build upon M. pneumoniae models to develop a genome-scale, constraint-based model of M. hyopneumoniae for vaccine optimization
3. To deploy the metabolic model(s) to: 1) the rational design and optimization of the vaccine chassis; 2) aid the development of a higher-growth rate chassis; 3) assist the development of a nutrient optimized a serum-free growth medium and; 4) assess, at genome scale, the metabolic ...

Predictions made using the core model for combinatorial perturbations to the model simulating combined effects from OE, KO mutants, perturbations and time series concentrations.

Simulation of OE mutants targetting enzymes in the model, combined with metabolite concentrations and enzyme fold change of from the 40 samples. For each second mutant the enzyme concentrations in case of OE and KO mutants in updated and the metabolite concentrations of the second sample are loaded in the model. Using this approach the model approximately predicts combinatorial effects of OE mutations with other mutations, perturbations and time series concentrations.