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		<summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;188.154.183.133: /* Existence and uniqueness */&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;div&gt;[[File:KinasePhosphatase.svg|thumb|250px|A kinase Y and a phosphatase X that act on a protein Z; one possible application for the Goldbeter–Koshland kinetics]]&lt;br /&gt;
The &#039;&#039;&#039;Goldbeter–Koshland kinetics&#039;&#039;&#039; describe a [[Steady state (chemistry)|steady-state solution]] for a 2-state biological system. In this system, the interconversion between these two states is performed by two [[enzyme]]s with opposing effect. One example would be a protein Z that exists in a [[Phosphorylation|phosphorylated]] form Z&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and in an unphosphorylated form &#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;; the corresponding [[kinase]] &#039;&#039;Y&#039;&#039; and [[phosphatase]] &#039;&#039;X&#039;&#039; interconvert the two forms. In this case we would be interested in the equilibrium concentration of the protein Z (Goldbeter–Koshland kinetics only describe equilibrium properties, thus no dynamics can be modeled). It has many applications in the description of biological systems.&lt;br /&gt;
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The Goldbeter–Koshland kinetics is described by the Goldbeter–Koshland function:&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
z = \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 } = G(v_1, v_2, J_1, J_2) &amp;amp;= \frac{ 2  v_1 J_2}{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}\\&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
with the constants&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
v_1 = k_1 [X] ; \  &lt;br /&gt;
v_2 &amp;amp;= k_2 [Y] ; \ &lt;br /&gt;
J_1 =  \frac{K_{M1}}{[Z]_0 } ; \ &lt;br /&gt;
J_2 =  \frac{K_{M2}}{[Z]_0 }; \ &lt;br /&gt;
B = v_2 - v_1 + J_1 v_2 + J_2 v_1&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Graphically the function takes values between 0 and 1 and has a [[Sigmoid function|sigmoid]] behavior. The smaller the parameters &#039;&#039;J&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and &#039;&#039;J&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; the steeper the function gets and the more of a &#039;&#039;switch-like&#039;&#039; behavior is observed. Goldbeter–Koshland kinetics is an example of [[ultrasensitivity]].&lt;br /&gt;
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==Derivation==&lt;br /&gt;
Since we are looking at equilibrium properties we can write&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{d[Z]}{dt} \ \stackrel{!}{=}\ 0 &lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
From [[Michaelis–Menten kinetics]] we know that the rate at which Z&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; is dephosphorylated is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;r_1 = \frac{k_1 [X] [Z_P]}{K_{M1}+ [Z_P]}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt; and the rate at which &#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039; is phosphorylated is &amp;lt;math&amp;gt;r_2 = \frac{k_2 [Y] [Z]}{K_{M2}+ [Z]}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;. Here the &#039;&#039;K&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;M&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; stand for the Michaelis–Menten constant which describes how well the enzymes &#039;&#039;X&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;Y&#039;&#039; bind and catalyze the conversion whereas the kinetic parameters &#039;&#039;k&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; and &#039;&#039;k&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;2&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; denote the rate constants for the catalyzed reactions. Assuming that the total concentration of &#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039; is constant we can additionally write that [&#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;]&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;0&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt; = [&#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;] + [&#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;] and we thus get:&lt;br /&gt;
: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{d[Z]}{dt} = r_1 - r_2 = \frac{k_1 [X] ([Z]_0 - [Z])}{K_{M1}+ ([Z]_0 - [Z])} &amp;amp;-\frac{k_2 [Y] [Z]}{K_{M2}+ [Z]} = 0 \\&lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{k_1 [X] ([Z]_0 - [Z])}{K_{M1}+ ([Z]_0 - [Z])} &amp;amp;= \frac{k_2 [Y] [Z]}{K_{M2}+ [Z]} \\&lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{k_1 [X] (1- \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 })}{\frac{K_{M1}}{[Z]_0 }+ (1 - \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 })} &amp;amp;= \frac{k_2 [Y] \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 }}{\frac{K_{M2}}{[Z]_0 }+ \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 }} \\&lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{v_1 (1- z)}{J_1+ (1 - z)} &amp;amp;= \frac{v_2  z}{J_2+ z} \qquad \qquad (1)&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
with the constants&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
z = \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 } ; \ &lt;br /&gt;
v_1 = k_1 [X] ; \  &lt;br /&gt;
v_2 &amp;amp;= k_2 [Y] ; \ &lt;br /&gt;
J_1 =  \frac{K_{M1}}{[Z]_0 } ; \ &lt;br /&gt;
J_2 =  \frac{K_{M2}}{[Z]_0 }; \ \qquad \qquad (2)&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
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If we thus solve the [[quadratic equation]] (1) for &#039;&#039;z&#039;&#039; we get:&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
 \frac{v_1 (1- z)}{J_1+ (1 - z)} &amp;amp;= \frac{v_2  z}{J_2+ z} \\&lt;br /&gt;
  J_2 v_1+ z v_1 - J_2 v_1 z - z^2 v_1 &amp;amp;= z v_2 J_1+ v_2  z - z^2 v_2\\&lt;br /&gt;
  z^2 (v_2 - v_1) - z \underbrace{(v_2 - v_1 + J_1 v_2 + J_2 v_1)}_{B} +  v_1 J_2 &amp;amp;= 0\\&lt;br /&gt;
  z = \frac{B - \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}{2 (v_2 - v_1)} &amp;amp;= \frac{B - \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}{2 (v_2 - v_1)}  \cdot \frac{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}\\&lt;br /&gt;
  z &amp;amp;= \frac{ 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}{2 (v_2 - v_1)}  \cdot \frac{1}{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}\\&lt;br /&gt;
  z &amp;amp;= \frac{ 2  v_1 J_2}{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}. \qquad \qquad (3)&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
Thus (3) is a solution to the initial equilibrium problem and describes the equilibrium concentration of [&#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;] and [&#039;&#039;Z&#039;&#039;&amp;lt;sub&amp;gt;P&amp;lt;/sub&amp;gt;] as a function of the kinetic parameters of the phoshorylation and dephoshorylation reaction and the concentrations of the kinase and phosphotase. The solution is the Goldbeter–Koshland function with the constants from (2):&lt;br /&gt;
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: &amp;lt;math&amp;gt; \begin{align} &lt;br /&gt;
z = \frac{[Z]}{[Z]_0 } = G(v_1, v_2, J_1, J_2) &amp;amp;= \frac{ 2  v_1 J_2}{B + \sqrt{B^2 - 4 (v_2 - v_1) v_1 J_2}}.\\&lt;br /&gt;
\end{align}&amp;lt;/math&amp;gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;br /&gt;
==Literature==&lt;br /&gt;
* {{cite journal |author=Goldbeter A, Koshland DE |title=An amplified sensitivity arising from covalent modification in biological systems |journal=Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. |volume=78 |issue=11 |pages=6840–4 |date=November 1981 |pmid=6947258 |pmc=349147 |doi= 10.1073/pnas.78.11.6840|url=}}&lt;br /&gt;
*  Zoltan Szallasi, Jörg Stelling, Vipul Periwal: &#039;&#039;System Modeling in Cellular Biology&#039;&#039;. The MIT Press. p 108. ISBN 978-0-262-19548-5&lt;br /&gt;
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