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Revision as of 18:34, 16 October 2018
ASS enzymatic reaction model
Formation of alkylsuccinate is the first step of alkane metabolism. The enzyme involved was reported as alkylsuccinate synthase[1].
The overall enzymatic reaction:
The mechanism of this enzymatic reaction includes three main steps, H-abstraction, fumarate addition and thiyl radical regeneration [2]. This model used n-butane as the modeled chemical and we assumed the general n-alkane will follow similar reaction mechanism. Each reaction was treated as a sub-mechanism consisting of 3 steps, reactant complex (RC) formation, transition state (TS) crossing and product separation. The following are the rate constants involved in the sub-mechanism
The H-abstraction step (1) are modelled as,
The fumarate addition step (2) are modelled as,
The thiyl radical regeneration step (3) are modelled as,
Assume
(1) The system is in a closed homogeneous batch reactor with infinite capacity
(2) The reaction proceeds until final alkane concentration is negligible
(3) Each step of the mechanism follows the Law of mass action
The reaction rates of each component are modelled as a system of ODE
Assume pseudo-steady state for the enzyme and intermediates, such that
(Please refer to this document for the list of parameters used.)