A Simple Model of the Glycolysis of Human Erythrocytes

This is a model for the glycolysis of human erythrocytes which takes into account ATP-synthesis and -consumption. This model is based on the model introduced in the following publication.

  • Rapoport, T.A. and Heinrich, R. (1975) “Mathematical analysis of multienzyme systems. I. Modelling of the glycolysis of human erythrocytes.”, Biosystems., 7, 1, 120-129.
  • Heinrich, R. and Rapoport, T.A. (1975) “Mathematical analysis of multienzyme systems. II. Steady state and transient control.”, Biosystems., 7, 1, 130-136.
[1]:
%matplotlib inline
from ecell4 import *
[2]:
with reaction_rules():
    2 * ATP > 2 * A13P2G + 2 * ADP | (3.2 * ATP / (1.0 + (ATP / 1.0) ** 4.0))
    A13P2G > A23P2G | 1500
    A23P2G > PEP | 0.15
    A13P2G + ADP > PEP + ATP | 1.57e+4
    PEP + ADP > ATP | 559
    AMP + ATP > 2 * ADP | (1.0 * (AMP * ATP - 2.0 * ADP * ADP))
    ATP > ADP | 1.46
[3]:
y0 = {"A13P2G": 0.0005082, "A23P2G": 5.0834, "PEP": 0.020502,
      "AMP": 0.080139, "ADP": 0.2190, "ATP": 1.196867}
[4]:
run_simulation(100, y0=y0)
../_images/examples_example5_4_0.png