Understanding the regulation of aspartate metabolism using a model based on measured kinetic parameters

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Curien, Gilles ^a,b,c,d   Bastien, Olivier ^d   Robert Genthon, Mylène ^a,b,c,d   Cornish Bowden, Athel ^a   Cárdenas, María Luz ^a   Dumas, Renaud ^a,b,c,d  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIV GRENOBLE ALPES   (France)

^d CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Allosteric regulation; Arabidopsis; Aspartate metabolism; Mathematical model; Simulation

Indexed keywords

ASPARTIC ACID; ISOENZYME; THREONINE; AMINO ACID; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN;

ALLOSTERISM; AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ASSAY; ENZYME KINETICS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLANT METABOLISM; PLANT MODEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; CHLOROPLAST; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; KINETICS; METABOLISM; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ARABIDOPSIS;

ALLOSTERIC REGULATION; AMINO ACIDS; ARABIDOPSIS; ASPARTIC ACID; CHLOROPLASTS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67149116887     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2009.29     Document Type: Article

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