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Control analysis of metabolic networks. 2. Total differentials and general formulation of the connectivity relations
1Department of Environmental Biology, Research School of Biological Sciences, Australian National University.
Abstract:
The mathematical background of the connectivity relations of metabolic control theory is analysed. The connectivity relations are shown to reflect general properties of total differentials of reaction rate vi, flux J, and metabolite concentration Xj. Connectivity relations hold for any metabolic network in which all vi are homogeneous functions of enzyme concentration Ei. This notion allows established algebraic methods to be used for the formulation of connectivity relations for metabolic systems in which numerous constraints are imposed on metabolite concentrations. A general procedure to derive connectivity relations for such metabolic systems is given. To encourage a broader audience to apply control theory to physiological systems, an easy-to-use graphical procedure is derived for formulating connectivity relations for biochemical systems in which no metabolite is involved in more than one constraint.
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