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. 2011 Jan 19;5:9. doi: 10.1186/1752-0509-5-9

Table 3.

Kinetic constants of the tet operon reaction network.

kinetic constant Ref. kinetic constant Ref. kinetic constant Ref. kinetic constant Ref.
k1 = 10+9 [31]h k18 = 5.80·10-3 [31] k35 = 30 [44] k52 = 10+5 e
k2 = 10 [31]h k19 = 0.10 [20] k36 = 30 [44]a k53 = 100 [44]
k3 = 10+8 [31]h k20 = 4.80·10+5 [20] k37 = 621 [8]b k54 = 100 [44]a
k4 = 10-4 [31]h k21 = 10-4 [20] k38 = 7.23·10+6 [40,63]h k55 = 394 [64]b
k5 = 5.00·10+8 [16,31]h k22 = 2.40·10+5 [20] k39 = 0.10 [63]h k56 = 3.85·10-5 f
k6 = 10-4 [31]h k23 = 2.00·10-4 [20] k40 = 0.013 [63] k57 = 3.85·10-5 f
k7 = 30 [31]h k24 = 5.80·10-3 [31] k41 = 30 [44] k58 = 0.002 e
k8 = 0.10 [31]h k25 = 0.10 [20] k42 = 10+5 e k59 = 0.002 e
k9 = 3.30·10-4 [65] k26 = 4.8·10+4 [40,63]h k43 = 100 [44] k60 = 2.67·10-6 [43]
k10 = 4.80·10+5 [20] k27 = 0.10 [63]h k44 = 100 [44]a k61 = 1 [13]c
k11 = 10-4 [20] k28 = 0.013 [63] k45 = 207 [8]b k62 = 4.90·10-5 [21]d
k12 = 2.40·10+5 [20] k29 = 30 [44] k46 = 8.60·10+6 [19,63]h k63 = 10+8 g
k13 = 2.00·10-4 [20] k30 = 30 [44]a k47 = 0.10 [63]h k64 = 10+8 [31]
k14 = 4.80·10+5 [20] k31 = 621 [8]b k48 = 0.013 [63] k65 = 5.00·10+8 [16,31]
k15 = 10-4 [20] k32 = 9.10·10+5 [40,63]h k49 = 30 [44] k66 = 0.10 [20]
k16 = 2.40·10+5 [20] k33 = 0.10 [63]h k50 = 30 [44]a k67 = 0.10 [20]
k17 = 2.00·10-4 [20] k34 = 0.013 [63] k51 = 1182 [64]b

Units on k: first order reactions: sec-1, second order reactions: M-1sec-1, third order reactions: M-2sec-1, fourth order reactions: M-3sec-1, fifth order reactions: M-4sec-1.

a Scale parameter of the gamma distributed event (sec).

b Shape parameter of the gamma distributed event.

c kcat of Michaelis Menten kinetics.

d KM of Michaelis Menten kinetics.

e Rate adjusted to give 20 protein molecules per mRNA transcript.

f Rate adjusted for 5 hours half life.

g Rate adjusted for very fast reaction.

h Rate calculated through equilibrium constant by assuming the forward and calculating the reverse rate.