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. 2015 Mar 11;10(3):e0116550. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0116550

Table 1. Parameter values.

Parameter Description/comment and units
Concentrations, copy number per cell
[MTOR] = 2×104 Assumed amount of MTOR available to interact with ULK1
[RPTOR] = 2×104 RPTOR abundance was set to equal the abundance of MTOR
[ULK1] = 1×104 Measured abundance of ULK1
[rapamycin*] Adjustable input (an independent variable of the model)
[AMPK*] Adjustable input (an independent variable of the model)
[EIF4EBP1] = 1×104 EIF4EBP1 was introduced to measure MTORC1 activity
[AMBRA1] = 1×104 AMBRA1 was introduced to measure ULK1 activity
Rate constants for (bimolecular) association reactions, (molecules/cell)−1s−1
a 1 = 10−3 Rapamycin* binds MTOR, Equation (1)
a 2 = 10−3 RPTOR binds MTOR, Equation (2)
a 3 = 10−3 RPTOR binds ULK1, Equation (3A)
a 4 = 10−5 RPTOR binds EIF4EBP1, Equation (4A)
a 5 = 10−5 AMPK binds ULK1, Equation (5A)
Rate constants for (unimolecular) dissociation reactions, s−1
d 1 = 10−2 Rapamycin* releases MTOR, Equation (1)
d 2 = 10−1 RPTOR releases MTOR, Equation (2)
d 3 = 10−1 RPTOR slowly releases ULK1, Equation (3B)
d 3,max = 10 RPTOR quickly releases ULK1, Equation (3C)
d 4 = 1 RPTOR releases EIF4EBP1, Equation (4B)
d 5 = 10 AMPK releases ULK1, Equation (5B)
Rate constants for (pseudo first-order) phosphorylation reactions, s−1
p 1 = 10 MTORC1 phosphorylates ULK1, Equation (6)
p 2 = 10 MTORC1 phosphorylates EIF4EBP1, Equation (7)
p 3 = 10 ULK1 phosphorylates S792 in RPTOR, Equation (8A)
p 4 = 10 ULK1 phosphorylates S855/S859 in RPTOR, Equation (8B,C)
p 7 = 10 AMPK phosphorylates S317 in ULK1, Equation (11A)
p 8 = 10 AMPK phosphorylates S778 in ULK1, Equation (11B)
Rate constants for (pseudo second-order) phosphorylation reactions, (molecules/cell)−1s−1
p 5 = 10−4 ULK1 phosphorylates AMBRA1, Equation (9)
p 6 = 10−6 ULK1 phosphorylates AMPK, Equation (10)
p 9 = 0 or small enough AMPK phosphorylates RPTOR, Equation (12)
Rate constants for (pseudo first-order) dephosphorylation reactions, s−1
u 1 = 10−3 Dephosphorylation of S792 in RPTOR, Equation (15A)
u 2 = 10−4 Dephosphorylation of inhibitory sites in AMPK, Equation (17)
u 0 = 10−2 All other sites, Equations (13), (14), (15B,C), (16), (18A,B), and (19)