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[Optimality of enzymatic physiological systems]
1Russian State Technological University, Orshanskaya ul. 3, Moscow, 121552 Russia.
Izvestiia Akademii Nauk. Seriia Biologicheskaia
|January 10, 2001
Abstract:
An optimality criterion is proposed for physiological systems based on limited proteolysis. The proposed criterion is applied to the prourokinase-activated fibrinolytic system, for which the existence of optimal (according to this criterion) substrate concentrations is demonstrated. It is also shown that the optimal substrate concentrations depend on the values of kinetic constants.