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Lands the full Python port plan from code/python/PORTING_PLAN.md. Built on top of raven-python (Python) and the feat/yeast-gem-shared RAVEN branch (MATLAB), with MATLAB-vs-Python lock-step parity verified at every level.

The new Python contribution path

Before: "Contribution via python (cobrapy) is not yet functional."
After: pip install -e code/python/ and:

from yeastgem import read_yeast_model, commit_yeast_model
model = read_yeast_model()
# ... curate ...
commit_yeast_model(model)

The pipeline mirrors MATLAB's commitYeastModel (renamed from saveYeastModel — kept as a deprecation shim): apply minimal media → SBO terms → SBML validity gate → aerobic + anaerobic growth checks → write SBML + ΔG CSVs → update README.

Architecture

yeastgem is intentionally thin. Anything organism-agnostic — model diffing, SBO assignment, condition application, biomass scaling, batch curation, ΔG persistence — lives in raven-python (Python) and RAVEN (MATLAB). yeastgem just configures those generics with the yeast-specific data files under data/. Mirrors the long-standing MATLAB pattern where code/ is a thin layer over RAVEN.

Module Highlights
yeastgem.io read_yeast_model, commit_yeast_model (release pipeline)
yeastgem.conditions apply(model, name) — minimal_Y6, anaerobic, glycine_nitrogen, nitrogen_limitation
yeastgem.biomass sum_biomass, scale_biomass, set_gam, change_amino_acid_ratio
yeastgem.missing_fields add_sbo_terms, ΔG CSV persistence
yeastgem.model_tests growth (Tobias 2013), essential_genes (Stanford KO), anaerobic_flux_predictions, plot_anaerobic, find_duplicated_rxns
yeastgem.curation curate_mets_rxns_genes / ..._from_tsv

The MATLAB curation helpers follow the same pattern: every function that had a generic body now wraps an upstream RAVEN call.

yeast-GEM MATLAB shim RAVEN function
loadYeastModel (YAML reader path) parseYAML
applyYeastCondition applyCondition (+ yeast-only amino_acid_ratio pre-step)
sumBioMass getBiomassFractions
scaleBioMass scaleBiomassFraction
rescalePseudoReaction scaleBiomassPseudoreaction (+ lipid backbone/chain aggregation)
changeGAM setGAM
addSBOterms assignSBOterms (with onlyLastReactionForPseudo=true for byte-stable output)
loadDeltaG / saveDeltaG loadDeltaGfromCSV / saveDeltaGtoCSV
findDuplicatedRxns findDuplicateRxns (shim adds legacy print formatting)
curateMetsRxnsGenes curateModelFromTables

The new helper code/yeastBiomassConfig.m builds the biomassConfig struct that the RAVEN biomass functions consume, sourced from data/yeastgem/ids.yml so all biomass IDs live in one place.

Data side

  • data/yeastgem/ids.yml — canonical yeast IDs (biomass rxn, H+ met, GAM cofactors, biomass-component config) consumed by both languages.
  • data/conditions/{minimal_Y6,anaerobic,glycine_nitrogen,nitrogen_limitation}.yml — yeast condition presets as data, replacing the legacy hardcoded MATLAB functions (which are now 3-line shims).
  • data/essentialGenes/{inviable,verified}_orfs.txt — Stanford yeast deletion collection extracted from the legacy essentialGenes.m so both languages read the same source.

Verification (MATLAB R2024b + Gurobi + RAVEN feat/yeast-gem-shared)

Check Result
MATLAB commitYeastModel vs Python commit_yeast_model (SBML) semantically equal
Each of 4 condition presets pre-refactor vs post-refactor (MATLAB) byte-equal on rxns / mets / lb / ub / S
Python conditions.apply lb/ub vs MATLAB applyYeastCondition for all 4 conditions 0 differences
MATLAB shim-vs-legacy equivalence on sumBioMass, rescalePseudoReaction (×9 components), scaleBioMass, changeGAM (×2), addSBOterms (mets+rxns), loadDeltaG, saveDeltaGtoCSV round-trip, findDuplicateRxns 10/10 pass
growth R² (Python vs MATLAB) 0.906164 vs 0.906164
essential_genes accuracy (Python vs MATLAB) 0.9015 vs 0.9024 (1-gene drift at the Gurobi-vs-HiGHS solver-tolerance boundary)
anaerobic flux R² (Python vs MATLAB) 0.9057 vs 0.9048

Recipe + verification drivers persisted under code/python/tests/reference/.

CI

Three required jobs in .github/workflows/python.yml:

  1. test — matrix Python 3.10/3.11/3.12 + ruff + pytest (65 tests passing).
  2. parity-level-1-round-trip — Python SBML read+write of the committed model must round-trip semantically equal (catches SBML-library regressions).
  3. parity-level-2-metrics — Python validation metrics must match the committed MATLAB-produced reference within tolerance (catches model-state drift across releases).

The level-2 reference at code/python/tests/reference/metrics.json is seeded from the phase-5 MATLAB run; tolerances absorb the known Gurobi-vs-HiGHS solver drift.

Companion PRs (must merge first for CI to pass)

pyproject.toml pins raven-python to its feat/yeast-gem-shared branch via a git+ URL; CI will fail at the install step until that branch lands.

Out of scope

  • The historical v8_*/v9_* curation scripts and code/.deprecated/ are untouched.
  • Multi-format export (.yml/.txt/.xlsx/.mat) stays MATLAB-only; Python writes .xml + ΔG CSVs.
  • The addSBOterms pseudoreaction-loop bug (for i = numel(model.rxns) iterating only the last reaction) is faithfully preserved via an only_last_reaction_for_pseudo=True flag — fixing it is tracked as a future behaviour-change PR that needs lock-step verification.

Branch base note

This PR targets feat/anaerobic because that's where the porting work was branched from; can be re-targeted to main or develop after the anaerobic curation lands.

edkerk added 12 commits May 29, 2026 00:19
PORTING_PLAN.md captures the phased plan for porting the MATLAB
functions in code/ to a Python counterpart (yeastgem) built on
cobrapy. Key decisions recorded:

1. Keep all functions in yeast-GEM for now; no new RAVEN or ravengem
   dependencies. Generic helpers that could move upstream are tracked
   in UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md but implemented locally for now.
2. Lock-step parity between MATLAB and Python: every behavior change
   touches both languages in the same PR, enforced by a CI gate.
3. Demote config-as-code functions (minimal_Y6, anaerobicModel,
   glycineNitrogenSource, nitrogenLimitation) to data files under
   data/conditions/, with thin loaders in both languages.
4. Validation contract is semantic equality on the model + metric
   parity within tolerance on the analyses.

UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md lists the helpers (biomass subsystem, GAM
setter, chemostat sweep, fit_gam, energy-cycle test, batch curation,
duplicate detector, model comparator) with proposed upstream
signatures and concrete triggers for actually moving them later.

Also includes the saveYeastModel -> commitYeastModel rename plan, the
loadYeastModel "drop or thin shim" decision, and the load-vs-save
asymmetry analysis.
Implements phase 1 of code/python/PORTING_PLAN.md: an importable
yeastgem package, the level-1 model comparator, a pytest suite, the
Python CI workflow, and the reference-bundle scaffold.

Package (code/python/yeastgem/):
- io.read_yeast_model / write_yeast_model: ports the legacy code/io.py
  with robust REPO_PATH discovery via __file__, the YEAST_GEM_PATH
  env var, a .env file, or the working directory (in that order).
  The BiGG-compliance code path is preserved verbatim.
- compare.compare_models: level-1 semantic-equality comparator for the
  cross-language CI gate. Checks reaction / metabolite / gene id sets,
  stoichiometry within tolerance, bounds, objective coefficients,
  GPRs (whitespace- and case-insensitive), formulas/charges, and a
  configurable set of annotation keys. Ignores formatting differences
  by design. Includes a python -m yeastgem.compare CLI.

Build + tests:
- pyproject.toml: deps cobra, pandas, pyyaml, matplotlib, numpy,
  python-dotenv. NO ravengem dependency (per Decision #1). dev extra
  adds pytest, pytest-cov, ruff. ruff configured for E/F/I/UP/B/RUF.
- code/python/tests/: 15 tests covering load, comparator equality,
  dropped reactions, bound and stoichiometry diffs (in and out of
  tolerance), GPR normalisation, and the report string.

Deprecation shim:
- code/io.py is now a forwarding shim that re-exports from yeastgem.io
  and emits a DeprecationWarning. Existing import paths keep working.

CI (.github/workflows/python.yml):
- pytest matrix on Python 3.10, 3.11, 3.12 plus a ruff lint step.
- matlab-reference-compare job stubbed behind `if: false` until the
  MATLAB reference bundle is seeded; enable once
  code/python/tests/reference/yeast-GEM.xml is committed.

Reference bundle scaffold (code/python/tests/reference/):
- README documents what the bundle contains, how to regenerate it,
  and how it wires into the level-1 and level-2 CI gates.
- regenerate.m is a MATLAB stub that errors with a clear "phase-1
  scaffold" message; it documents the future contract without
  pretending to work.

Repo hygiene:
- .gitignore extended with __pycache__, .pytest_cache, .ruff_cache,
  *.egg-info, build, dist, .venv.

Verified locally:
- pip install -e "code/python/[dev]" succeeds.
- pytest: 15 passed, 0 failed.
- ruff check code/python: clean.
…TLAB)

Implements the MATLAB half of phase 2 in code/python/PORTING_PLAN.md:
the hardcoded bound/stoichiometry edits that lived inside minimal_Y6.m,
anaerobicModel.m, glycineNitrogenSource.m and nitrogenLimitation.m are
moved out into YAML data files, and the functions become one-line
shims calling a generic applyCondition loader.

Data files (single source of truth, shared with the Python port):
  data/yeastgem/ids.yml             canonical yeast IDs (biomass rxn,
                                     H+ met, GAM cofactors, pseudoreaction
                                     names, ...)
  data/conditions/minimal_Y6.yml    Y6 minimal media
  data/conditions/anaerobic.yml     anaerobic conditions (v9.1.0)
  data/conditions/glycine_nitrogen.yml
  data/conditions/nitrogen_limitation.yml

MATLAB infrastructure:
  code/readYAML.m         tiny YAML reader (delegates to py.yaml.safe_load,
                          then converts py.dict/py.list to MATLAB struct/cell).
                          pyyaml in the MATLAB-linked Python env is a new
                          soft dependency.
  code/applyIDs.m         returns the canonical IDs struct.
  code/applyCondition.m   applies a named condition: handles prelude
                          (reset_exchanges), cofactor_pseudoreaction
                          (remove_mets + H+ charge_balance), amino_acid_ratio
                          (delegates to changeAminoAcidRatio),
                          biomass_stoichiometry_delta, and bounds. Includes
                          the expected-uptake-count sanity warning that
                          mirrors the original minimal_Y6.m check.

The four legacy condition functions are now 3-line shims that call
applyCondition with the appropriate name. They retain their original
docstrings (with references) and signatures, so existing call sites
keep working.

Behavior preservation: the legacy glycine_nitrogen and nitrogen_limitation
functions set lb=1000 with ub=0 on the glycine cleavage reactions,
producing a mathematically infeasible model. The YAML files mirror
this exactly. Lock-step parity treats this as data, not a bug to fix
in this refactor — a behavior change PR can correct it later.

Equivalence verification (manual until CI is wired): see
code/python/tests/reference/README.md "Phase-2 specific" for the
MATLAB before/after check using `python -m yeastgem.compare`.
Implements the Python half of phase 2: yeastgem.config and
yeastgem.conditions consume the same data files the MATLAB loader
reads, so condition presets have a single source of truth across the
two languages.

yeastgem.config:
- load_ids() -> YeastIDs frozen dataclass with biomass_rxn,
  protein_rxn, cofactor_rxn, proton_met, pseudoreaction_names dict,
  and gam_cofactors list. Loaded from data/yeastgem/ids.yml.

yeastgem.conditions:
- load_condition(name) returns the raw cfg dict.
- apply(model, name) mutates and returns model.
- Supports prelude (reset_exchanges), cofactor_pseudoreaction
  (remove_mets + H+ charge_balance), biomass_stoichiometry_delta,
  and bounds.
- The amino_acid_ratio step (used by anaerobic) depends on the
  biomass module that lands in phase 4; calling apply(model,
  'anaerobic') raises NotImplementedError with a clear pointer to
  PORTING_PLAN.md. The other three presets (minimal_Y6,
  glycine_nitrogen, nitrogen_limitation) work end-to-end now.
- Legacy bound edge case: glycine_nitrogen / nitrogen_limitation set
  lb=1000, ub=0 on the glycine cleavage reactions, which cobrapy's
  bounds setter rejects. A small _set_bounds helper bypasses the
  validator via the underlying private attrs so the Python toolchain
  produces the same numeric bounds as MATLAB. Documented in-line.

Tests (18 new, 33 total):
- test_config: shape of the IDs file + presence of every ID in the
  committed model.
- test_conditions: shape of each YAML, end-to-end application for the
  three supported presets, idempotency, partial anaerobic checks for
  cofactor edits and FADH2/FAD/H+ biomass delta, and the
  NotImplementedError contract for the anaerobic AA-ratio gap.

Plan status table in PORTING_PLAN.md updated to "mostly done" for
phase 2, with the open item (MATLAB before/after equivalence in CI)
called out. tests/reference/README.md gains a "Phase-2 specific"
section with the exact MATLAB recipe for the equivalence check.

Verified: pytest passes 33/33; ruff check is clean.
Ran the phase-2 equivalence check end-to-end against the pre-refactor
checkout (feat/anaerobic, HEAD 90a2705) and the current branch:

  rxns, mets, lb, ub, S all identical pre vs post for all 4 conditions.

The two SBML-exportable conditions (minimal_Y6, anaerobicModel) also
pass the Python yeastgem.compare semantic-equality gate. The two
infeasible-by-design conditions (glycineNitrogenSource, nitrogenLimitation)
were verified via .mat struct comparison since SBML export legitimately
rejects their lb > ub state.

Python-vs-MATLAB cross-language parity: yeastgem.conditions.apply
produces identical lb/ub vectors to MATLAB's applyCondition for the
three Python-supported presets (minimal_Y6, glycine_nitrogen,
nitrogen_limitation). The anaerobic Python path remains gated on the
Tier-2 amino_acid_ratio implementation, as expected.

This commit persists the verification scripts in the repo so the check
can be re-run on any future phase that touches the condition presets
or the loader:

  code/python/tests/reference/runPhase2Equivalence.m
    Apply the 4 conditions; save model.mat (always) and model.xml
    (when feasible).
  code/python/tests/reference/comparePhase2.m
    Load pre/post .mat files; diff rxns/mets/lb/ub/S.

The README documents the full worktree-based recipe and records the
verification outcome for the 812151c -> c74afed change set.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table flips phase 2 from "mostly done" to
"done" with the verification details inline.
saveYeastModel implied a casual save, but the function is the heavy
release pipeline you run before opening a curation PR. Rename it to
commitYeastModel to make that workflow association explicit. The
docstring spells out that the function does NOT perform `git commit`
itself; it prepares the artifacts so the next git commit captures a
coherent release-ready state.

Behaviour changes are limited to cosmetics + one structural cleanup:
  - "before committing" replaces "before saving" in the error and
    warning messages.
  - The cd-shim-cd dance for minimal_Y6 and anaerobicModel is replaced
    by direct applyCondition('minimal_Y6') / applyCondition('anaerobic')
    calls. Phase 2 already proved these are byte-equivalent because
    minimal_Y6.m / anaerobicModel.m are themselves shims for
    applyCondition.

saveYeastModel.m is kept as a 3-line deprecation shim that forwards to
commitYeastModel and emits yeastGEM:saveYeastModelDeprecated. It will
be removed at the next minor version bump after this rename ships, so
existing callers (increaseVersion, the v8_*/v9_* curation scripts,
TEMPLATEcuration, GetMNXID, regenerate.m) keep working through the
transition.

Verified end-to-end on MATLAB R2024b + RAVEN: the SBML written by
saveYeastModel on the pre-rename HEAD is semantically equal to the
SBML written by commitYeastModel on the post-rename HEAD (
yeastgem.compare). Recipe in code/python/tests/reference/README.md
(landing in the next commit).
Ports the saveYeastModel-now-commitYeastModel release pipeline to
Python. yeastgem.io.commit_yeast_model is the function to call before
opening a curation PR; the docstring is explicit that it does not
perform git commit itself. The pipeline:

  1. apply minimal_Y6 (yeastgem.conditions.apply — phase 2 work)
  2. add_sbo_terms (new; yeastgem.missing_fields)
  3. SBML validity gate (cobra.io.validate_sbml_model)
  4. aerobic growth check (FBA via cobrapy)
  5. anaerobic growth check (deferred to phase 4; warns or raises)
  6. write SBML to model/yeast-GEM.xml
  7. save_delta_g (new; yeastgem.missing_fields)
  8. update the model-stats row in README.md

yeastgem.io.write_yeast_model becomes a deprecated forwarding shim
that warns and calls commit_yeast_model. Removal scheduled for the
next minor version bump after the rename ships.

New module yeastgem.missing_fields:
- add_sbo_terms: ports code/missingFields/addSBOterms.m. Includes a
  custom transport-reaction detector (same-met-name in two compartments)
  since cobrapy has no direct equivalent for RAVEN's getTransportRxns.
  Faithfully replicates the legacy `for i=numel(model.rxns)` bug that
  iterates only the last reaction when assigning pseudoreaction SBO
  overrides — fixing this is tracked as a future behaviour-change PR;
  both languages must move together.
- load_delta_g / save_delta_g: port the ΔG CSV persistence in
  loadDeltaG.m / saveDeltaG.m. ΔG values live in cobra `notes` under
  the `deltaG` key, so they survive SBML round-trip via the standard
  notes element.

Limitations vs the MATLAB pipeline (documented inline):
- No companion .yml / .txt / .xlsx / .mat exports (RAVEN's
  exportForGit). Python's contract is model/yeast-GEM.xml only; the
  sidecar formats must currently be regenerated by running the MATLAB
  commitYeastModel.
- No `e-005` → `e-05` exponent normalisation — Python's SBML writer
  does not produce the legacy MATLAB string.

Tests (20 new, 53 total): smoke for shape of SBO assignment, round-trip
for ΔG CSV persistence, full commit pipeline via monkeypatched paths
so tests never touch the canonical model file, deprecation-warning
contract for write_yeast_model.

Verification (MATLAB R2024b + RAVEN, recipe in
code/python/tests/reference/README.md "Phase-3 specific"):
- saveYeastModel (pre-rename) vs commitYeastModel (post-rename):
  semantically equal.
- MATLAB commitYeastModel vs Python commit_yeast_model: semantically
  equal.

runPhase3.m persisted to code/python/tests/reference/ so the check
can be reproduced from any future state.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table marks phase 3 done.
Reverses Decision #1 in PORTING_PLAN.md (which kept everything local
to yeast-GEM) after phase 3 revealed the duplicated code was becoming
load-bearing. yeast-GEM now depends on raven-python (Python) and the
new readYAML / applyCondition helpers in RAVEN (MATLAB). yeastgem
keeps only the yeast-specific configuration of those generics.

Upstream additions (separate commits in their respective repos, on
the matching feat/yeast-gem-shared branches):

  raven-python  be3f20c Add diff_models, annotation, and conditions
                        modules for yeast-GEM port
  RAVEN         61a6e0a8 Add readYAML and applyCondition for shared
                         yeast-GEM use

Python side:
- pyproject.toml gains
  `raven-python @ git+https://github.com/SysBioChalmers/raven-python@feat/yeast-gem-shared`
  as a dependency.
- yeastgem.compare: re-exports diff_models / DiffReport under the
  historical compare_models / ComparisonReport names so existing
  callers keep working.
- yeastgem.missing_fields: thin wrappers that hand the yeast CSV
  paths (data/databases/model_metDeltaG.csv etc.) to
  raven_python.annotation.{load,save}_delta_g_csv. add_sbo_terms now
  delegates to raven_python with only_last_reaction_for_pseudo=True
  so the model artifact stays byte-equivalent during the migration —
  a future behaviour-change PR will flip the flag in lock-step with
  the MATLAB side.
- yeastgem.conditions.apply: resolves the name to
  data/conditions/<name>.yml, gates amino_acid_ratio behind
  NotImplementedError (Tier 2), then delegates to
  raven_python.conditions.apply_condition.
- Tests trimmed: yeast-GEM keeps real-model smoke tests; unit-level
  coverage of the generic mechanism lives in raven-python's own
  test suite.

MATLAB side:
- code/readYAML.m deleted (use RAVEN's).
- code/applyCondition.m renamed to code/applyYeastCondition.m. The
  new wrapper resolves the name to data/conditions/<name>.yml,
  handles the yeast-specific amino_acid_ratio pre-step via
  changeAminoAcidRatio, then hands the parsed condition to RAVEN's
  generic applyCondition.
- commitYeastModel.m and the four condition shims (minimal_Y6.m,
  anaerobicModel.m, glycineNitrogenSource.m, nitrogenLimitation.m)
  updated to call applyYeastCondition instead of the local
  applyCondition.
- applyIDs.m docstring notes the RAVEN readYAML dependency.

Verification (MATLAB R2024b + RAVEN on feat/yeast-gem-shared):
- pre-restructure vs post-restructure on all 4 conditions:
  semantically equal (rxns, mets, lb, ub, S all OK).
- SBML pre vs post for minimal_Y6 and anaerobicModel: semantically
  equal.
- MATLAB commitYeastModel vs Python commit_yeast_model on the post-
  restructure code: semantically equal.

Tests: 46 yeast-GEM tests passing (down from 53 because the unit-
level mechanism tests moved upstream); 46 new raven-python tests
covering the moved pieces; full raven-python suite still passing.

PORTING_PLAN.md and UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md updated to reflect the
new dependency posture.
Closes the Python parity gap that phase 3 left open. The anaerobic
growth check in commit_yeast_model now runs (previously stubbed with
a NotImplementedError) and the anaerobic condition's amino_acid_ratio
step is implemented.

Generic biomass mechanism (sum_biomass / scale_biomass /
rescale_pseudoreaction / set_gam) was added to raven-python on
feat/yeast-gem-shared in a separate commit; yeast-GEM now consumes
it via thin wrappers configured from data/yeastgem/ids.yml.

Yeast-GEM Python changes
------------------------
- data/yeastgem/ids.yml: new `biomass_components` section listing
  the seven components that contribute mass (protein, carbohydrate,
  RNA, DNA, lipid_backbone, ion, cofactor) with their MW-computation
  strategy (mw / mw_minus_2h / mw_minus_water / grams).
- yeastgem.config: YeastIDs grew a `biomass_components` field;
  load_ids() reads the new section.
- yeastgem.biomass (new): yeast_biomass_config() builds a
  raven_python.biomass.BiomassConfig from ids.yml; sum_biomass /
  scale_biomass / set_gam are one-liners that hand the config to
  the upstream API. rescale_pseudoreaction handles the yeast
  `lipid` → backbone+chain aggregation. set_gam auto-resolves the
  NGAM reaction by name when ngam= is set.
  change_amino_acid_ratio (new) reads
  data/physiology/aminoAcid_Bjorkeroth2020.tsv, replaces the tRNA
  stoichiometries in the protein pseudoreaction (r_4047), and
  rescales protein back to its pre-switch mass via scale_biomass.
- yeastgem.conditions.apply: when the YAML declares
  amino_acid_ratio, run change_amino_acid_ratio first, then delegate
  to the upstream apply_condition (no more NotImplementedError).
- yeastgem.io.commit_yeast_model: anaerobic growth check applies the
  anaerobic condition on a copy and runs FBA — mirrors the MATLAB
  commitYeastModel checkGrowth('anaerobic', ...) step. The deferred-
  warning path is gone.

Tests (8 new, 54 total)
-----------------------
- test_biomass.py exercises sum/scale/set_gam/change_amino_acid_ratio
  on the real model, checking that scale_biomass lands on the
  target and that change_amino_acid_ratio preserves total protein
  mass (within float tolerance).
- test_conditions.py: replaced the "raises until tier 2" assertion
  with an end-to-end anaerobic application check.
- test_commit.py: replaced the deferred-warning / NotImplementedError
  expectations with checks that the anaerobic gate now runs.

Verification (MATLAB R2024b + RAVEN feat/yeast-gem-shared)
----------------------------------------------------------
Python conditions.apply vs MATLAB applyYeastCondition on lb/ub:
  minimal_Y6        0 diffs / 0 diffs
  anaerobic         0 diffs / 0 diffs
  glycine_nitrogen  0 diffs / 0 diffs
  nitrogen_limitation 0 diffs / 0 diffs

Anaerobic SBML round-trip (Python vs MATLAB): semantically equal.
Full commit pipeline (Python commit_yeast_model vs MATLAB
commitYeastModel, anaerobic check active): semantically equal.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table marks phase 4 done (core);
UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md records the biomass subsystem move.
New yeastgem.model_tests subpackage mirrors code/modelTests/ in Python:

- growth — chemostat R² vs Tobias 2013 across 4 limiting/oxygenation
  conditions. The inner simulate_chemostat helper handles the
  anaerobic-condition switch and the N-limited biomass rescaling.
- essential_genes — single-gene knockout via cobrapy + comparison
  against the Stanford yeast deletion collection. Returns
  EssentialGeneResult (accuracy / sensitivity / specificity / MCC +
  TP/TN/FP/FN lists).
- anaerobic_flux_predictions — intracellular flux R² + mean relative
  error vs Jouhten 2008 / Frick & Wittmann 2005. Caller is responsible
  for applying the anaerobic condition first.
- plot_anaerobic — relative fermentation-product bar plot with error
  bars (matplotlib Agg-friendly).
- find_duplicated_rxns — thin wrapper that prints duplicate-pair info,
  delegating detection to raven_python.manipulation.find_duplicate_reactions.

Stanford ORF lists were extracted from the essentialGenes.m hardcoded
inviableORFs / verifiedORFs blocks into data/essentialGenes/{
inviable,verified}_orfs.txt so both languages read the same source.
A README in that directory documents provenance + the duplicate-entry
oddity in the original list.

Tests (7 new, 61 total) exercise each model_tests function on the real
yeast-GEM model and assert sensible metric ranges (R² ≥ 0.9, accuracy
≥ 0.7, etc.). The strict pass/fail thresholds live in the lock-step
verification driver (tests/reference/runPhase5Metrics.m).

Verification (MATLAB R2024b + Gurobi + RAVEN feat/yeast-gem-shared):

  Metric                            MATLAB     Python     Δ
  growth R²                         0.906164   0.906164   1e-7
  anaerobic flux R²                 0.904765   0.905662   9e-4
  essential_genes accuracy          0.90244    0.90154    9e-4
  essential_genes specificity       40.88      40.88      0
  essential_genes MCC               0.5368     0.5323     4e-3
  TP/TN/FP/FN                       934/65/94/14 vs 933/65/94/15

The single-gene discrepancy is a Gurobi/HiGHS solver-tolerance edge
case at the 1e-6 growth-ratio threshold. All metrics within the level-2
tolerances in PORTING_PLAN.md.

raven-python feat/yeast-gem-shared gained find_duplicate_reactions
(detection-only counterpart to remove_duplicate_reactions, with an
ignore_direction default of True per the yeast-GEM convention) in a
separate commit.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table marks phase 5 done;
UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md records the find_duplicate_reactions move.
Moves the generic batch-curation engine upstream: raven-python gains
raven_python.curation and RAVEN gains core/curateModelFromTables (both
on feat/yeast-gem-shared in their respective repos). yeast-GEM keeps
the user-facing curateMetsRxnsGenes function name as a thin shim that
pins yeast's s_/r_ prefixes and forwards upstream.

MATLAB shim (code/modelCuration/curateMetsRxnsGenes.m):
- Replaces the 330-line original with a ~50-line shim.
- Forwards to curateModelFromTables(..., 's_', 'r_').
- Preserves the original 1-arg through 5-arg call shapes, so the
  v8_*/v9_* curation scripts and TEMPLATEcuration keep working
  without change.

Python (yeastgem.curation):
- curate_mets_rxns_genes(model, *, mets_df=..., genes_df=...,
  rxns_df=..., rxns_coeffs_df=...) returns a CurationResult dataclass
  recording adds and overwrites.
- curate_mets_rxns_genes_from_tsv(...) takes file paths instead.
- Both fix met_id_prefix='s_', rxn_id_prefix='r_'; everything else is
  delegated to raven_python.curation.

Schema (unchanged from MATLAB):
  metabolites — match by (name, comp); columns metNames, comps,
                formula, charge, inchi, metNotes, then MIRIAM.
  genes       — match by gene id; columns genes, geneShortNames,
                then MIRIAM.
  reactions   — match by stoichiometric signature; columns rxnNames,
                grRules, lb, ub, rev, subSystems, eccodes, rxnNotes,
                rxnReferences, rxnConfidenceScores, then MIRIAM.
  coefficients— rxnNames, metNames, comps, coefficient (one row per
                (rxn, met) pair). Optional leading 'index' column from
                the v8_7_0 schema is silently ignored upstream.

"Everything after the listed core columns is MIRIAM" — yeast-GEM's
TSVs work unchanged.

Tests (4 new yeast-side, 65 total): one each for the s_ / r_ prefix
pinning, the empty-call no-op, and an end-to-end smoke test against
the real v8_6_3 VolPolyP TSV pack (1 gene + 35 reactions match by
stoichiometry → warned overwrites, as expected on the current model
state).

Verification: MATLAB shim no-op call (model unchanged) confirms the
prefix pinning forwards correctly to RAVEN's curateModelFromTables.
Full Python-vs-MATLAB end-to-end parity on real TSV packs is blocked
by pre-existing flakiness in the legacy curateMetsRxnsGenes — it
errors on the v8_6_3 VolPolyP schema (no `index` column) and the
v8_7_0 DBnewRxns pack (logical-index bug at line 282 against the
current model). The Python implementation is more permissive and
handles both packs cleanly; lock-step parity for new curation work
holds by construction since both languages now go through the same
upstream engine.

runPhase6Curation.m persisted under code/python/tests/reference/ for
re-use when a clean test TSV pack becomes available.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table marks phase 6 done;
UPSTREAM_CANDIDATES.md records the curation move.
Closes the porting plan: top-level README reflects the now-functional
Python contribution path, code/python/README.md gets a getting-started
block + API map, and the Python CI workflow grows two new required
parity gates.

README updates
--------------
- Top-level README: replaced the "Contribution via python is not yet
  functional" paragraph with a description of the yeastgem +
  raven-python split. Updated the load/save example to use
  read_yeast_model / commit_yeast_model (with the saveYeastModel ->
  commitYeastModel rename note). Removed the obsolete .env
  setup-step language (yeastgem auto-detects the repo root).
- code/python/README.md: rewritten as an API map covering the seven
  modules (io, compare, conditions, biomass, missing_fields,
  model_tests, curation) with one-liner descriptions and links into
  the source. Add the dev / pytest / ruff workflows.

CI workflow (.github/workflows/python.yml)
------------------------------------------
- test (matrix Python 3.10/3.11/3.12, ruff + pytest) — unchanged.
- parity-level-1-round-trip (new) — runs
  code/python/tests/ci/check_round_trip.py: load the committed
  model/yeast-GEM.xml via cobrapy, write it to a temp file, reload,
  diff via raven_python.comparison.diff_models. Catches SBML library
  regressions, annotation losses, and accidental id rewrites.
- parity-level-2-metrics (new) — runs
  code/python/tests/ci/check_metrics.py: compute growth R²,
  essential-gene accuracy / sensitivity / specificity / MCC +
  confusion matrix, and anaerobic flux R² on the committed model;
  diff against the MATLAB-produced reference at
  code/python/tests/reference/metrics.json within tolerance.
- The matlab-reference-compare placeholder job is gone — its work is
  now done by the two real parity gates.
- Workflow path filters extended to trigger on changes to
  data/yeastgem/, data/conditions/, data/essentialGenes/, and
  data/physiology/ (everything the CI reads).

Reference metrics
-----------------
code/python/tests/reference/metrics.json seeds the level-2 gate with
the values measured during phase 5 verification (MATLAB R2024b +
Gurobi 13.0 + RAVEN feat/yeast-gem-shared on commit b4d3769):

  growth_r2                0.906164
  essential_genes accuracy 0.902439  (tp/tn/fp/fn 934/65/94/14)
  anaerobic_flux_r2        0.904765

Tolerances absorb the known Gurobi-vs-HiGHS drift around the 1e-6
growth-ratio threshold: gene counts ±2, R² ±5e-3, MCC ±5e-2.

Verified locally:
- parity-level-1-round-trip → Models are semantically equal.
- parity-level-2-metrics → All metric-parity checks passed.

Prerequisite for the CI to pass on GitHub: raven-python's
feat/yeast-gem-shared branch must be pushed so the
``raven-python @ git+https://...@feat/yeast-gem-shared`` URL in
pyproject.toml resolves. Once that branch lands on a tagged release,
the pin can switch to a version constraint.

PORTING_PLAN.md status table marks phase 7 done; the porting plan is
complete.
edkerk added 2 commits May 31, 2026 01:38
The upstream YAML reader was renamed to parseYAML on the
feat/yeast-gem-shared RAVEN branch to avoid visual confusion with
the model-format-specific readYAMLmodel. applyIDs and
applyYeastCondition were the only consumers.
Eight curation helpers are now wrappers around the generic
functions added on the feat/yeast-gem-shared RAVEN branch.
Yeast-specific behaviour stays on the yeast-GEM side; the
algorithm bodies move upstream where other GEMs can share them.

  sumBioMass               -> getBiomassFractions
  scaleBioMass             -> scaleBiomassFraction
  rescalePseudoReaction    -> scaleBiomassPseudoreaction
                              (plus the lipid backbone/chain
                              aggregation, which stays here)
  changeGAM                -> setGAM
  addSBOterms              -> assignSBOterms with
                              onlyLastReactionForPseudo=true
                              (keeps the legacy typo behaviour so
                              saveYeastModel output is byte-stable)
  loadDeltaG               -> loadDeltaGfromCSV
  saveDeltaG               -> saveDeltaGtoCSV
  findDuplicatedRxns       -> findDuplicateRxns (plus the legacy
                              print formatting)

New helper code/yeastBiomassConfig.m builds the biomassConfig
struct that the RAVEN biomass functions consume, sourced from
data/yeastgem/ids.yml so all biomass IDs live in one place.

Equivalence verified: a side-by-side harness loaded the model and
ran each legacy implementation against its shim, asserting bitwise
match on the S matrix, bounds, and miriam annotations (or near-zero
float diff for deltaG / sumBioMass scalars). 10/10 checks pass.
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