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. 2014 May 8;10(5):e1003614. doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003614

Figure 3. Experimental observations of concentration robustness in TCSs.

Figure 3

Comparison between predictions of the Batchelor-Goulian model and measurements in the PhoR/PhoB [26] and NRII/NRI systems [27]. (A) Symbols denote measurements of PhoB-P as a function of total PhoB amounts in the wild-type system (open squares) and in a Inline graphic mutant strain (filled circles) (data were taken from Fig. 4C in Ref. [26]). Solid lines were calculated from Eq. (31) with Inline graphic pmol, Inline graphic pmol and Inline graphic pmol, Inline graphic pmol. Note that Inline graphic (dotted lines) determines both, the threshold amount of total PhoB beyond which PhoB-P becomes constant as well as the value of that constant, as expected from Eq. (2). (B) Symbols denote in vitro measurements of NRI-P as a function of total NRI (reproduced from Fig. 4A in Ref. [27]). Solid line represents the best fit of the data to Eq. (3) with Inline graphic and Inline graphic, which indicates that the NRII/NRI system operates in the regime Inline graphic.