I'm looking for a Python package that has all the capabilities of METATOOL 5.0 for doing Elementary Mode Analysis. I found ScrumPy and PyNetMet. I'm having a little trouble installing all the dependencies for ScrumPy and before I proceed, I was wondering if it was worth it for doing what I want to do. Any help would be greatly appreciated :)
If you're not familiar with Elementary Mode Analysis, "These are the smallest sub-networks that allow a metabolic reconstruction network to function in steady state.[28][29] According to Stelling (2002),[29] elementary modes can be used to understand cellular objectives for the overall metabolic network. Furthermore, elementary mode analysis takes into account stoichiometrics and thermodynamics when evaluating whether a particular metabolic route or network is feasible and likely for a set of proteins/enzymes.[28]" from the wiki http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metabolic_network_modelling#Elementary_mode_analysis.
