Table 1.

Modeled reaction mechanisms compared with experimental kinetics data of the subP dissociation reaction.

^aList of assumed reaction pathways leading to sequential dissociation of subP. For each mechanism we solve a system of differential rate equations and compare the calculated kinetics for each model with the experimentally measured kinetics. The abundances of modeled intermediates (i_n) are summed with the species’ indicated by red brackets to produce the calculated kinetics profiles.

^bThe quality of each fit is assessed from analysis of the residuals (i.e., by comparing each model’s calculated kinetics with the kinetics measured experimentally). See text for details.