# A model of MPF regulation in frog egg extracts # after (Novak & Tyson, J. Cell Sci., 1993) # Warning: WinPP and XPP are case insensitive. # Differential Equations (Figure 2) dCyclin/dt = k1 - k2*Cyclin - k3*Cyclin*Cdk dMPF/dt = k3*cyclin*Cdk - k2*MPF - kwee*MPF + k25*preMPF dpreMPF/dt = kwee*MPF - k25*preMPF - k2*preMPF dCdc25P/dt = F(TotCdc25-Cdc25P,MPF,ka,KKa) - F(Cdc25P,PPase,kb,KKb) dWee1P/dt = F(TotWee1-Wee1P,MPF,ke,KKe) - F(Wee1P,PPase,kf,KKf) dIEP/dt = F(TotIE-IEP,MPF,kg,KKg) - F(IEP,PPase,kh,KKh) dAPC/dt = F(TotAPC-APC,IEP,kc,KKc) - F(APC,PPase,kd,KKd) # Conservation of Cdk subunits Cdk = TotCdk - MPF - preMPF # Rate functions embodying the regulatory signals k25 = V25'*(TotCdc25-Cdc25P) + V25"*Cdc25P kwee = Vwee'*Wee1P + Vwee"*(TotWee1-Wee1P) k2 = V2'*(TotAPC-APC) + V2"*APC # Michaelis-Menten Rate Law F(S,E,k,Km) = k*E*S/(Km+S) # Parameter values (from Marlovits et al., Biophys Chem, 1998) par k1=1, V2'=.005, V2"=.25, k3=.005 par V25'=.017, V25"=.17, Vwee'=.01, Vwee"=1 par ka=.02, KKa=.1, kb=.1, KKb=1 par kc=.13, KKc=.01, kd=.13, KKd=1 par ke=.02, KKe=.1, kf=.1, KKf=1 par kg=.02, KKg=.01, kh=.15, KKh=.01 par TotCdk=100 # These parameters are arbitrarily set to 1. par TotCdc25=1, TotWee1=1, TotIE=1, TotAPC=1, PPase=1 # Initial conditions init Cyclin=0, MPF=0, preMPF=0, Cdc25P=0, Wee1P=0, IEP=1, APC=1 # Define "auxiliary" variables for plotting purposes aux TotCyclin=cyclin+MPF+preMPF aux Wee1=10*(TotWee1-Wee1P) # Simulator settings @ meth=stiff, Total=200, Bounds=1000 # Plotter settings @ xhi=200, ylo=0, yhi=25 @ nplot=2, yp2=MPF done