Coenzyme cycles and metabolic control analysis: the determination of the elasticity coefficients from the generalised connectivity theorem. 1995

B N Kholodenko, and H M Sauro, and H V Westerhoff, and M Cascante
A.N. Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Moscow State University, Russia.

Metabolic control analysis allows one to express the elasticity coefficients (which describe the "local" kinetic features of enzymes) in terms of the control coefficients (quantitative indicators of the "global" control properties). However, when coenzymes (or metabolites linked by conservation constraints) are present in the pathway this procedure yields the "apparent" values of elasticity coefficients that correspond to the kinetic responses of the enzymes to such a simultaneous change of the coenzyme forms which leaves the total concentration of these forms unchanged (e.g., NAD+ + NADH in the glycolysis). We show that a generalised connectivity theorem (Kholodenko et al, Eur. J. Biochem. (1994) 225, 179-186) makes it possible to express the elasticity coefficients with respect to every coenzyme form separately. Such expressions include (i) the control coefficients and (ii) the responses to changes in the total concentrations of the coenzymes.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D008433 Mathematics The deductive study of shape, quantity, and dependence. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed) Mathematic
D003067 Coenzymes Small molecules that are required for the catalytic function of ENZYMES. Many VITAMINS are coenzymes. Coenzyme,Enzyme Cofactor,Cofactors, Enzyme,Enzyme Cofactors,Cofactor, Enzyme
D004548 Elasticity Resistance and recovery from distortion of shape.
D004798 Enzymes Biological molecules that possess catalytic activity. They may occur naturally or be synthetically created. Enzymes are usually proteins, however CATALYTIC RNA and CATALYTIC DNA molecules have also been identified. Biocatalyst,Enzyme,Biocatalysts
D013816 Thermodynamics A rigorously mathematical analysis of energy relationships (heat, work, temperature, and equilibrium). It describes systems whose states are determined by thermal parameters, such as temperature, in addition to mechanical and electromagnetic parameters. (From Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, 12th ed) Thermodynamic

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