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Table 1 Kinetic description of the ERK signaling cascade

From: Emergence of bimodal cell population responses from the interplay between analog single-cell signaling and protein expression noise

N

Reaction

Rate

Kinetic

   

constant*

1

MAP3K → pMAP3K

v 1 = k 1 cat · R a s − G T P · M A P 3 K / K m 1 1 + M A P 3 K / K m 1 · g F a

k 1 cat = 0.2 ; K m 1 = 50

2

pMAP3K → MAP3K

v 2 = V max 2 · p M A P 3 K / K m 2 1 + p M A P 3 K / K m 2

V max 2 = 5 ; K m 2 = 50

3

MAP2K → pMAP2K

v 3 = k 3 cat · p M A P 3 K · M A P 2 K / K m 3 1 + M A P 2 K / K m 3 + p M A P 2 K / K m 4

K 3 cat = 1 ; K m 3 = 130

4

pMAP2K → ppMAP2K

v 4 = k 4 cat · p M A P 3 K · p M A P 2 K / K m 4 1 + M A P 2 K / K m 3 + p M A P 2 K / K m 4

k 4 cat = 5 ; K m 4 = 50

5

ppMAP2K → pMAP2K

v 5 = V max 5 · p p M A P 2 K / K m 5 1 + p p M A P 2 K / K m 5 + p M A P 2 K / K m 6 + M A P 2 K / K i 1

V max 5 = 250 ; K m 5 = 100

6

pMAP2K → MAP2K

v 6 = V max 6 · p M A P 2 K / K m 6 1 + p p M A P 2 K / K m 5 + p M A P 2 K / K m 6 + M A P 2 K / K i 1

V max 6 = 250 ; K m 6 = 100 ; K i 1 = 80

7

MAPK → pMAPK

v 7 = k 7 cat · p p M A P 2 K · M A P K / K m 7 1 + M A P K / K m 7 + p M A P K / K m 8

k 7 cat = 1 ; K m 7 = 50

8

pMAPK → ppMAPK

v 8 = k 8 cat · p p M A P 2 K · p M A P K / K m 8 1 + M A P K / K m 7 + p M A P K / K m 8

k 8 cat = 20 ; K m 8 = 50

9

ppMAPK → pMAPK

v 9 = V max 9 · p p M A P K / K m 9 1 + p p M A P K / K m 9 + p M A P K / K m 10 + M A P K / K i 2

V max 9 = 380 ; K m 9 = 10

10

pMAPK → MAPK

v 10 = V max 10 · p M A P K / K m 10 1 + p p M A P K / K m 9 + p M A P K / K m 10 + M A P K / K i 2

V max 10 = 50 ; K m 10 = 18 K i 2 = 100

11

Feedback

g F a = 1 + F a · ( p p M A P K / K a ) 2 1 + ( p p M A P K / K a ) 2

K a = 100 ; F a = 5 ; 1 ; 0.5 PF ; US ; NF

  1. * Maximal rates, Michaelis and catalytic constants are expressed in [nM/s], [nM], and [s-1], respectively. Total protein concentrations are [MAPK3]total = 200nM, [MAPK2]total = 200nM, and [MAPK]total = 360nM.