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1. Co-evolution of the of the ethanol producing pathway,
1. Co-evolution of the of the ethanol producing pathway,
making km and kcat being highly similar for pdc as well as
making km and kcat being highly similar for pdc as well as
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ADH
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ADH. This assumption makes it possible for us to model the system as a single step reaction from pyruvate to ethanol. Greatly increasing the ease of simulation.
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2. Assuming quasi steady state (Michaelis Menten Kinetics), that is constant total enzyme concentration. This is reasonable during log-phase before ethanol starts to inhibit growth.
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2. Assuming quasi steady state (Michaelis Menten Kinetics)
 
[[Image:ek_0.png]]
[[Image:ek_0.png]]
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Where e is the amount of free enzyme and es is the amount of enzyme bound to substrate.
[[Image:ek_1_2.png]]
[[Image:ek_1_2.png]]
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Where ks is the rate of substrate formation (flux of the glycolysis), kcat is the maximum number of enzymatic reactions catalyzed per second, kt is the rate constant loss of substrate to other pathways, in our case primarily to the Krebbs cycle, Km is the substrate concentration at half the maximum reaction rate (Vmax) and s is the substrate concentration.
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Having the Km and Kcat values gives e0 from level of product formation.
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Having the Km and Kcat values gives e0 from the level of product formation.
[[Image:ek_3.png]]
[[Image:ek_3.png]]
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3. Having e0 and letting kt go towards zero, (kt here represents the rate at which our substrate pyruvate "disappears" into the Krebbs cycle), gives ks
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3. Having e0 and letting kt go towards zero gives ks.
[[Image:ek_4.png]]
[[Image:ek_4.png]]

Revision as of 13:23, 21 October 2009




Modelling of Advanced Ethanol Production

For our modell we have some basic assumptions that are

1. Co-evolution of the of the ethanol producing pathway, making km and kcat being highly similar for pdc as well as ADH. This assumption makes it possible for us to model the system as a single step reaction from pyruvate to ethanol. Greatly increasing the ease of simulation.

2. Assuming quasi steady state (Michaelis Menten Kinetics), that is constant total enzyme concentration. This is reasonable during log-phase before ethanol starts to inhibit growth.


Ek 0.png

Where e is the amount of free enzyme and es is the amount of enzyme bound to substrate.

Ek 1 2.png

Where ks is the rate of substrate formation (flux of the glycolysis), kcat is the maximum number of enzymatic reactions catalyzed per second, kt is the rate constant loss of substrate to other pathways, in our case primarily to the Krebbs cycle, Km is the substrate concentration at half the maximum reaction rate (Vmax) and s is the substrate concentration.

Having the Km and Kcat values gives e0 from the level of product formation.

Ek 3.png


3. Having e0 and letting kt go towards zero gives ks.

Ek 4.png


4. Assuming Ks to be constant within the interval and assuming steady-state

Ek 5.png


S is a function of f(x,y) where x is proportional to e0 and y is proportional to kt

Ek 6.png


Measure for different x and y and fit the function

Ek 7.png






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