Systems Metabolic Engineering Meets Machine Learning: A New Era for Data‐Driven Metabolic Engineering

Abstract

The recent increase in high‐throughput capacity of ‘omics datasets combined with advances and interest in machine learning (ML) have created great opportunities for systems metabolic engineering. In this regard, data‐driven modeling methods have become increasingly valuable to metabolic strain design. In this review, the nature of ‘omics is discussed and a broad introduction to the ML algorithms combining these datasets into predictive models of metabolism and metabolic rewiring is provided. Next, this review highlights recent work in the literature that utilizes such data‐driven methods to inform various metabolic engineering efforts for different classes of application including product maximization, understanding and profiling phenotypes, de novo metabolic pathway design, and creation of robust system‐scale models for biotechnology. Overall, this review aims to highlight the potential and promise of using ML algorithms with metabolic engineering and systems biology related datasets.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
May 02, 2019
Source ID
10.1002/biot.201800416

Entities

People

  • Hal S. Alper
  • Kristin V. Presnell

Organizations

  • Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  • University of Texas at Austin

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Biology
  • Engineering

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Molecular and Cellular Biology
  • Systems Analysis and Design

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks
  • Biotechnology