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Mass-Action Reaction Modelling

Simpledecay.jpg

Reversible.jpg

Addition.jpg

Enzyme.jpg

RKIP network

After gaining a thorough understanding of methods involved with modeling simple mass-action reactions, we can move on to more complex systems such as the RKIP network.
RKIP network.JPG
In the above diagram, substrates, enzymes and substrate/enzyme complexes are represented by numbered circles, rate constants are represented by numbered squares. By isolating individual species and their direct peripheral species (those being formed from or forming the isolated species) we are able to treat the group as a simple mass-action reaction. A differential equation is then found for each species based on the rate constants and code can be written and a graph plotted showing the trend of all the species’ concentration over time giving the following graph:
RKIP network graph.jpg

Sensitivity

An insight into a system's sensitivity will show how the variation of a model can be apportioned qualitatively or quantitatively to different sources of variation

One method of exposing the variation of a model is to program a loop exposing a modelled reaction to increasing values of a chosen constant. This process was followed with the metabolic pathway showing in..... and ploted on a graph showing the response of all 4 species for a set range of varying K2 values from 1 to 10 where 10 is highlighted red.
File:Metabolic sensetivity response

Michaelis-Menton

Sum & And Promoters

Application