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Modeling the negative feedback mechanism in the enzyme carboxyltransferase

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Abstract

The enzyme acetyl-CoA carboxylase catalyzes the first committed step in fatty acid synthesis in all organisms. The E. coli form of the carboxyltransferase subunit was recently found to regulate its own activity and expression by binding its own mRNA. By binding acetyl-CoA or the mRNA encoding its own subunits, Carboxyltransferase is able to sense the metabolic state of the cell and attenuate its own translation and enzymatic activity using a negative feedback mechanism. In this paper, this network of interactions is modeled mathematically using mass action kinetics. Numerical simulations of the model show agreement with experimental results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011
Pages531-536
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011 - Arlington, VA, United States
Duration: Oct 31 2011Nov 2 2011

Publication series

NameASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011
Volume2

Conference

ConferenceASME 2011 Dynamic Systems and Control Conference and Bath/ASME Symposium on Fluid Power and Motion Control, DSCC 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityArlington, VA
Period10/31/1111/2/11

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