NAME
Bio::Metabolic::Network - Perl extension for biochemical reaction networks
SYNOPSIS
use Bio::Metabolic::Network;
my $net = Bio::Metabolic::Network->new($reaction1, $reaction2, ... );DESCRIPTION
This class implements objects representing biochemical reaction networks. A reaction network is defined a number of biochemical reactions.
EXPORT
None
OVERLOADED OPERATORS
String Conversion
$string = "$network";
print "\$network = '$network'\n";
Comparison
if ($network1 <= $network2)...AUTHOR
Oliver Ebenhoeh, oliver.ebenhoeh@rz.hu-berlin.de
SEE ALSO
Bio::Metabolic Bio::Metabolic::Substrate Bio::Metabolic::Substrate::Cluster Bio::Metabolic::Reaction.
METHODS
Constructor new
Returns a new Bio::Metabolic::Network object. Passed arguments must be Bio::Metabolic::Reaction objects.
Every network object is associated with a matrx, the stoichiometric matrix. This matrix is defined by the reactions and gets determined upon creation.
Method copy
Returns a clone of the network. However, the references to the reactions point to exactly the same reactions. If one gets modified, it effects all networks with that reaction.
Method reactions
Returns an arrayref of the reactions.
Method has_reaction
Argument is a reaction. Returns 1 if the network contains the raction, 0 otherwise.
Method add_reaction
Argument is a Bio::Metabolic::Reaction. Alters the object in-line, adding the reaction to the list.
Method remove_reaction
Argument is a Bio::Metabolic::Reaction. Altering the object in-line, removeing the reaction from the network. Return undef if network did not have the reaction, 1 on success.
Method network_to_string
Returns a string representation of the network
Method add_networks
Adds an arbitrary number of networks, returning a new object containing all reactions that are contained at least present in one of the networks.
Method is_in
$net1->is_in($net2) Returns 1 if all reactions in $net1 also occur in $net2, i.e. if $net1 is a subnetwork of $net2.
Method dist
Provides a distance measure between networks. Returns the number of reactions that are different in the two networks.
Method substrates
Returns a Bio::Metabolic::Substrate::Cluster containing all substrates participating in at least one reaction.
Method matrix
Returns the stoichiometric matrix of the network as a PD::Matrix object.
Method new_matrix
determines the stoichiometric matrix of the network defined by its reactions.
Method print_matrix
Prints the matrix in a way that describes which substrates are associated with which rows and which reactions with which columns.