Chemical reaction network structure and the stability of complex isothermal reactors—II. Multiple steady states for networks of deficiency one

1988 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-25 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Feinberg
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michelle P. van der Helm ◽  
Tuanke de Beun ◽  
Rienk Eelkema

We show, via simulations, how catalytic control over individual paths in a fuel-driven non-equilibrium chemical reaction network in batch or flow gives rise to responses in maximum conversion, lifetime and steady states.


Author(s):  
Kamila B. Muchowska ◽  
Sreejith Jayasree VARMA ◽  
Joseph Moran

How core biological metabolism initiated and why it uses the intermediates, reactions and pathways that it does remains unclear. Life builds its molecules from CO<sub>2 </sub>and breaks them down to CO<sub>2 </sub>again through the intermediacy of just five metabolites that act as the hubs of biochemistry. Here, we describe a purely chemical reaction network promoted by Fe<sup>2+ </sup>in which aqueous pyruvate and glyoxylate, two products of abiotic CO<sub>2 </sub>reduction, build up nine of the eleven TCA cycle intermediates, including all five universal metabolic precursors. The intermediates simultaneously break down to CO<sub>2 </sub>in a life-like regime resembling biological anabolism and catabolism. Introduction of hydroxylamine and Fe<sup>0 </sup>produces four biological amino acids. The network significantly overlaps the TCA/rTCA and glyoxylate cycles and may represent a prebiotic precursor to these core metabolic pathways.


2007 ◽  
Vol 40 (5) ◽  
pp. 225-230 ◽  
Author(s):  
S.C. Burnham ◽  
M.J. Willis ◽  
A.R Wright

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