17.1.1.5.1.2. cobra.medium.boundary_types
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Contains function to identify the type of boundary reactions.
This module uses various heuristics to decide whether a boundary reaction is an exchange, demand or sink reaction. It mostly orientates on the following paper:
Thiele, I., & Palsson, B. Ø. (2010, January). A protocol for generating a high-quality genome-scale metabolic reconstruction. Nature protocols. Nature Publishing Group. http://doi.org/10.1038/nprot.2009.203
17.1.1.5.1.2.1. Module Contents¶
17.1.1.5.1.2.1.1. Functions¶
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Find the external compartment in the model. |
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Check whether a reaction is an exchange reaction. |
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Find specific boundary reactions. |
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cobra.medium.boundary_types.
find_external_compartment
(model)[source]¶ Find the external compartment in the model.
Uses a simple heuristic where the external compartment should be the one with the most exchange reactions.
- Parameters
model (cobra.Model) – A cobra model.
- Returns
The putative external compartment.
- Return type
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cobra.medium.boundary_types.
is_boundary_type
(reaction, boundary_type, external_compartment)[source]¶ Check whether a reaction is an exchange reaction.
- Parameters
reaction (cobra.Reaction) – The reaction to check.
boundary_type (str) – What boundary type to check for. Must be one of “exchange”, “demand”, or “sink”.
external_compartment (str) – The id for the external compartment.
- Returns
Whether the reaction looks like the requested type. Might be based on a heuristic.
- Return type
boolean
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cobra.medium.boundary_types.
find_boundary_types
(model, boundary_type, external_compartment=None)[source]¶ Find specific boundary reactions.
- Parameters
model (cobra.Model) – A cobra model.
boundary_type (str) – What boundary type to check for. Must be one of “exchange”, “demand”, or “sink”.
external_compartment (str or None) – The id for the external compartment. If None it will be detected automatically.
- Returns
A list of likely boundary reactions of a user defined type.
- Return type
list of cobra.reaction