Modeling evolution of crosstalk in noisy signal transduction networks.

Publication Year
2018

Type

Journal Article
Abstract

Signal transduction networks can form highly interconnected systems within cells due to crosstalk between constituent pathways. To better understand the evolutionary design principles underlying such networks, we study the evolution of crosstalk for two parallel signaling pathways that arise via gene duplication. We use a sequence-based evolutionary algorithm and evolve the network based on two physically motivated fitness functions related to information transmission. We find that one fitness function leads to a high degree of crosstalk while the other leads to pathway specificity. Our results offer insights on the relationship between network architecture and information transmission for noisy biomolecular networks.

Journal
Phys Rev E
Volume
97
Issue
2-1
Pages
020402
Date Published
2018 Feb
ISSN Number
2470-0053
Alternate Journal
Phys Rev E
PMCID
PMC5973540
PMID
29548149