Team:Brown/Modeling/Parameters

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Parameters

As our circuit is relatively complex, we have many factors and thus many parameters with which to describe the function of these factors mathematically.

These parameters are as follows:

  1. δ is a function designed to represent the presence/absence of light in a Boolean fashion. δ=0 without light and 1 with light.
  2. c_1 represents the rate of conformational change from LovTAP to LovTAP* when irradiated with 470nm light.
  3. c_2 represents the rate of SupD + T7ptag --> T7 polymerase
  4. α represents the maximum protein synthesis rate in nanomoles/sec.
  5. β represents the basal synthesis rate. We assume ∀x β_x= .01α_x
  6. μ represents the protein degradation rate.
  7. n represents a ligand’s hill coefficient.
  8. K_m represents the ligand’s dissociation constant

For a complete list of values and sensitivities, please see our [http://brownigem.com/parameters_2010.ods our spreadsheet of parameters and sensitivities].