Table 3.

Parameter values for the circadian clock of Drosophila, taken from the work of Tyson et al.⁶⁷. ${\text{C}}_m$ and ${\text{C}}_p$ are characteristic concentrations for mRNA and protein, respectively.

Name	Value	Units	Description
${\text{v}}_m$	1.0	${\text{C}}_m$ ${\text{h}}^{-1}$	Maximum rate of mRNA synthesis
${\text{k}}_m$	0.1	${\text{h}}^{-1}$	mRNA degradation rate constant
${\text{v}}_p$	0.5	${\text{C}}_p$ ${\text{C}}_m^{-1}$ ${\text{h}}^{-1}$	mRNA rate constant
${\text{k}}_{p1}$	10	${\text{C}}_p$ ${\text{h}}^{-1}$	$V_{\mathit{max}}$ of monomer phosphorylation
${\text{k}}_{p2}$	0.03	${\text{C}}_p$ ${\text{h}}^{-1}$	$V_{\mathit{max}}$ of dimer phosphorylation
${\text{k}}_{p3}$	0.1	${\text{h}}^{-1}$	Proteolysis rate constant caused by CRY activation
${\text{K}}_{\mathit{eq}}$	200	${\text{C}}_p^{-1}$	Dimerization equilibrium constant
${\text{P}}_{\mathit{crit}}$	0.1	${\text{C}}_p$	Dimer concentration at the half-maximum transcription rate
${\text{J}}_p$	0.05	${\text{C}}_p$	Michaelis constant for protein kinase (DBT)