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. 2015 Oct 28;15:232. doi: 10.1186/s12862-015-0515-x

Table 2.

Kinetic model parameter values and sensitivites

Parameter Description Experimental reference Initial value Optimized value Sensitivity Enzyme
vmax1 Vmax for carbamoyl synthetase [48] 5.40 × 10−1 3.62 9.68 × 10−1 URA2
Kutp UTP binding constant [48] 1.40 1.41 5.49 × 10−3 URA2
Katp ATP binding constant [48] 7.50 1.29 −8.68 × 10−1 URA2
Kq Km for glutamine [48] 7.00 × 10−2 5.78 × 10-2 −9.32 × 10−2 URA2
Kbc Km for bicarbonate [48] 8.00 2.37 −5.96 × 10−1 URA2
vmax2 Vmax for aspartate [49] 1.10 2.45 2.00 × 10−1 URA2
Kasp Km for aspartate [50] 2.80 × 10−1 1.68 × 10−1 −1.24 × 10−1 URA2
Km2 Km for aspartate [49] 4.00 2.00 −1.77 × 10−1 URA2
vmax3 Vmax for dihydroorotase 2.47 × 101 2.87 × 101 1.21 × 10−4 URA4
Km3 Km for dihydroorotase 7.00 × 10−1 1.27 −1.20 × 10−4 URA4
vmax4 Vmax for dihydroorotate dehydrogenase [21] 9.18 × 101 9.18 × 101 1.73 × 10−5 URA1
Km4 Km for dihydroorotate dehydrogenase [21] 1.60 × 10−2 1.60 × 10−2 −1.73 × 10−5 URA1
vmax5 Vmax for orotate phosphoribosyl transferase [51] 5.18 × 103 5.23 × 103 2.10 × 10−5 URA5
Km5 Km for orotate phosphoribosyl transferase [51] 1.97 × 10−2 1.95 × 10−2 −2.10 × 10−5 URA5
vmax6 Vmax for OMP decarboxylase [52] 3.03 × 101 3.50 × 101 4.63 × 10−2 URA3
Km6 Km for OMP decarboxylase 3.20 × 101 2.03 × 101 −4.62 × 10−2 URA3
vmax7 Vmax for nucleoside diphosphate kinase [53] 6.48 5.83 −6.92 × 10−5 YNK1
Km7 Km for nucleoside diphosphate kinase [53] 1.50 × 10−1 1.66 × 10−1 6.79 × 10−5 YNK1
vmax8 Vmax for CTP synthase [54] 5.40 1.63 × 10−1 2.46 × 10−2 URA7
Km8 Km for CTP synthase [54] 7.40 × 10−4 4.36 × 10−3 −5.22 × 10−3 URA7
vmax10 Vmax for UMP kinase [55] 1.14 6.56 −1.02 URA6
Km10 Km for UMP kinase [55] 1.50 × 10−1 2.68 × 10−2 1.00 URA6
gpyr Pyrimidine utilization rate 4.00 × 10−1 1.98 × 10−1 1.16 × 10−4
KMp Km for pyrimidine utilization 5.80 5.49 −1.16 × 10−4
bc Intracellular bicarbonate conc. [39] 4.51 × 10−1 1.52 5.96 × 10−1
glu Intracellular glutamine conc. [39] 4.51 × 10−1 5.46 × 10−1 9.32 × 10−2
asp Intracellular aspartate conc. [39] 5.85 × 10−2 9.73 × 10−2 1.24 × 10−1
atp Initial ATP conc. [39] 2.59 × 10−2 1.51 × 10−1 8.68 × 10−1

vmax parameters in units of mM/hr. Km parameters and concentrations in units of mM