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MAM20019r has no synthesis routes #992

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The ER-localized version of FMNH2, MAM20019r, participates in 5 reactions:

  • MAR20021
  • MAR20023
  • MAR20025
  • MAR20027
  • MAR20029

In each case, FMNH2 acts as a reactant in a non-reversible reaction. As a result, there is no synthesis route for the metabolites, and all of these reactions must have a flux of 0 under steady-state. I don't know whether this should be addressed by the reactions having reversibility, or whether FMNH2 transport into the ER is missing, or what.

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  1. edkerk commented on Sep 25, 2026

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    The FMNH2 in these CYP2E1 reactions comes from the Rhea reactions' "reduced [NADPH–hemoprotein reductase]", taken as free FMNH2. The reductase takes its electrons from NADPH, as in the model's other ER CYP reactions and in CYP2E1's MAR20031.

    Path forward:

    • MAR20021/23/25/27/29 (ER): use NADPH + H+ → NADP+ instead of FMNH2 → FMN. The reactions stay blocked, because their hydroxylated products have no known fate: no export or further metabolism is established, so no transport or exchange reactions are added just to unblock them.
    • MAR20022/24/26/28/30 and MAR20032 (i): deprecate. They are copies in the intermembrane-space compartment, where none of their metabolites takes part in any other reaction.
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  3. edkerk commented on Sep 28, 2026

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    Follow-up to #1094, in #1105 (open): The CYP2E1 (omega-1)-hydroxylations MAR20021-MAR20029 get names and the references UniProt uses (PMID:18577768, PMID:10553002); MAR08034 gets CYP3A4 next to CYP2E1 (PMID:9348445). Details and evidence are in the comment on #1094.

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  6. edkerk commented on Oct 5, 2026

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    Fixed in Human 2.1.0.

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