The Eukaryotic Cell Cycle : Molecules, Mechanisms, and Mathematical Models John J. Tyson Virginia Tech Bela Novak Tech Univ Budapest
Computational Molecular Biology DNA mRNA Protein Enzyme Reaction Network Cell Physiology …TACCCGATGGCGAAATGC... …AUGGGCUACCGCUUUACG... …Met -Gly -Tyr -Arg -Phe -Thr... ATP ADP -P XYZ E1E1 E2E2 E3E3 E4E4
M (anaphase) M (telophase) cell division G1 S G2 M (metaphase)
Start M (anaphase) M (telophase) cell division Finish G1 S G2 M (metaphase) G2 Checkpoint G1 Checkpoint Metaphase Checkpoint Cdk1 Cln2 Clb5 Clb2 Cdc20 Cdh1 Sic1
Cln3 Mass Budding Cln2 SBF Bck2 and Clb5 MBF DNA synthesis Clb? SCF P Sic1 Cln2 Sic1 Clb5 Swi5 Sister chromatid separation Unaligned Xsomes Cdc20 Clb5 Clb2 Cdh1 Clb2 Cdc20 Sic1 Clb2 Mcm1 Mitosis
synthesisdegradationsynthesis degradation binding activationinactivation
Time (min) Sic1 mass Clb2 Cln2 Cdh1 Simulation of the budding yeast cell cycle G1S/M Cdc20
Cdk CycB Cdh1 CKI Cdc20 Cln Cdk +APC CKI Cln Cdk +APC CKI = Sic1
Why do these calculations? Is the model “yeast shaped”? Bioinformatics role: the model organizes lots of experimental information. New science: prediction, insight
Cdc20 Cdk1 Clb2,5 Cln2 Sic1 Cdh1 G1 M period mass Cdk1 activity
G1 M cell mass Bifurcation diagram Cdc20 Cdk1 Clb2,5 Cln2 Sic1 Cdh1 Cdk1 activity
How can CS help? Experimental Database Wiring Diagram Differential EquationsParameter Values Analysis Simulation Visualization-Translation Experimental Database
Problem-Solving Environment Cliff Shaffer Naren Ramakrishnan Marc Vass Layne Watson Jason Zwolak
Parameter Estimation DatabaseSimulationTranslation Prop 1 Good fit Prop 2 Bad fit... Error Function (parameters)
Parameter Estimation
Kurt Kohn (1999) Mol Biol Cell