The name is absent

KINETICS ON THE MICROBIAL SCALE

(4) ∣ZP} * ADP = Z t ATP + H₂O

FIG. 4- A POSSIBLE MECHANISM FOR PHOSPHATE

FIXATION IN THE ELECTRON TRANSPORT

PATHWAY

algebra of the kinetic relations. Clearly we are going to end up with a
large number of parameters “to be determined" in the expressions we
will derive, simply because of the large number of reactions and elemen-
tary steps. The usual objective of “fitting the data to the theory” and
evaluating the constants is obviously out of the question. The best we
hope for is a set of equations which we can subject to certain tests.
These will necessarily be of the plausibility type, i. e., can we find a set
of physically meaningful parameters such that the mathematical system
is a reasonable model of the living system.

In Figure 5 I outline the procedure for obtaining the rate equation for

ALL SYMBOLS NOW REPRESENT CONCENTRATIONS

(THE K,∙j ARE EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANTS)

<^f∣>i ∙^{'⅛⁰lΦij- b⅛(o*⅛)

(2) (r_t)_i .∑(f_ij(θJ)_ijiR_itl - b_ijR_i (Jθ)_ijit∣)

(⅞)_j .∑uj(Jo)_ijitl - b_ij(J)_ij o_itl I

AT STEADY STATE: (r_ι)_i∙(⅞)∣∙ ( Γ_j )∣

CONSERVATION OF ENZYME i :(Ej) ♦     ),j ♦ •••

(3) r . f* (O_iXR_ld) - b* (Oj_dXR_i)

WHERE f*,b*∣ ARE FUNCTIONS OF (Aj).(O∣). R∣ .O₁

FIG.5-RATE EQUATIONS ANO ALGEBRA FOR TYPICAL STEP IN A PATHWAY

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