Review Lecture 2
Michaelis-Menten kinetics
E + S ES E + P
k
1
k
-1
k
2
d[S]
dt
=?k
1
[E][S]+k
?1
[ES]
d[E]
dt
=?k
1
[E][S]+(k
?1
+k
2
)[ES]
d[ES]
dt
=k
1
[E][S]?(k
?1
+k
2
)[ES]
dP
dt
=k
2
[ES]≡v
E
o
=[E]+[ES]
d[S]
dt
=?k
1
E
o
[S]+(k
1
[S]+k
?1
)[ES]
d[ES]
dt
=k
1
E
o
[S]?(k
1
[S]+k
?1
+k
2
)[ES]
Initial conditions:
[S]
t=0
= S
o
[E]
t=0
= E
o
[ES]
t=0
= 0
[P]
t=0
= 0
om
omax
0
SK
Sv
v
+
=
Good approximation if S
o
>> E
o
in this case S
0
~ [S] at the start of
quasi-steady state
Review Lecture 2
Equilibrium binding and cooperativity
j
P
1j
PS ?
?
+
n
n
n
n
[S]...K
2
K
1
K...
2
[S]
2
K
1
K[S]
1
K1
[S]...K
2
K
1
nK...
3
[S]
3
K
2
K
1
3K
2
[S]
2
K
1
2K[S]
1
K
r
++++
++++
=
Adair’s Equation:
][S]
1j
[P
]
j
[P
j
K
?
=
macroscopic association constant
for transitions between state j-1 and j
Note #1 Detailed balance
P
o
P
1
P
2
... P
n-1
P
n
k
+1
k
-1
k
+2
k
-2
k
+n
k
-n
]
2
[P
2
k][S]
1
[P
2
k
]
1
[P
1
k][S]
o
[P
1
k]
2
[P
2
k][S]
1
[P
2
k
dt
]
1
d[P
0
]
1
[P
1
k][S]
o
[P
1
k
dt
]
o
d[P
0
?
+
+
?=
=
?
?
+
+
?
+
+
?==
?
+
+
?==
][S]
1j
[P
]
j
[P
j
k
j
k
j
K
?
=
?
+
≡
etc.
I Identical and independent binding sites
S
k
+
k
+
k
- k
-
S S
k
+
k
+
k
-
S
k
-
K
1
=2K K
2
=K/2K=k
+
/k
-
K[S]1
2K[S]
2
[S]
2
K2K[S]1
2
[S]
2
2K2K[S]
r
+
=
++
+
=
use Adair:
II Non-identical and independent binding sites
S
S S
k
+
k
-
k
+
*
k
-
*
Independent binding:
[S]
*
K1
[S]
*
K
K[S]1
K[S]
r
+
+
+
=
K=k
+
/k
-
K
*
=k
+
*
/k
-
*
S
k
+
*
k
-
*
k
+
k
-
III Identical and interacting binding sites
S
k
+
*
k
-
*
k
+
k
-
K
1
=2K K
2
=K
*
/2K=k
+
/k
-
K
*
=k
+
*
/k
-
*
S S
S
k
+
k
-
k
+
*
k
-
*
2
[S]
*
KK2K[S]1
2
[S]
*
2KK2K[S]
r
++
+
=
use Adair:
Cooperativity
2
βx2x1
βx)x(1
Y
2
[S]
*
KK2K[S]1
2
[S]
*
2KK2K[S]
r
++
+
=
++
+
=
β = K*/K
x = K[S]
β > 1: positive cooperativity
β > 2: sigmoidal curve
β < 1: negative cooperativity
(always: d
2
Y/dx
2
< 0)
Hill number for ‘real’ dimer
Introduction phage biology
Phage genome:
48512 base pairs ~ 12 kB
‘phage.jpg’ ~ 10 kB
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
The lysis-lysogeny decision:
As the phage genome is injected
phage genes are transcribed and
translated by using the host’s
machinery.
Which set of phage proteins are
expressed determines the fate of the
phage: lysis or lysogeny
Image by MIT OCW.
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
A lysogen is immune to
invasion of another phage.
Repressor dimers turn off genes
in the injected phage
chromosome. High concentration
of repressor keeps cell in
lysogenic state.
The lysis-lysogeny decision is a genetic switch
only ‘space’ for one RNA polymerase (mutual exclusion)
Image by MIT OCW. After Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch : phage lambda. 3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. :
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Single repressor dimer bound - three cases:
I Negative control, dimer binding to OR2 inhibits
RNAp binding to right P
R
promoter.
Positive control, dimer binding to OR2 enhances
RNAp binding to left P
RM
promoter.
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
II Negative control, dimer binding to OR1 inhibits
RNAp binding to right P
R
promoter.
Negative control, dimer binding to OR1 inhibits
RNAp binding to left P
RM
promoter (too distant).
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
III Negative control, dimer binding to OR3 inhibits
RNAp binding to left P
RM
promoter.
Positive control, dimer binding to OR3 allows
RNAp binding to right P
R
promoter.
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Repressor-DNA binding is highly cooperative
intrinsic association constants:
K
OR1
~ 10 K
OR2
~ 10 K
OR3
However K
OR2
* >> K
OR2
(positive cooperativity)
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Flipping the switch by UV:
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.:
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
In lysogenic state, [repressor]
is maintained at constant level
by negative feedback
Image by MIT OCW.
Repressor-DNA binding is highly cooperative
intrinsic association constants:
K
OR1
~ 10 K
OR2
~ 10 K
OR3
However K
OR2
* >> K
OR2
(positive cooperativity)
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Cro dimers bind non-cooperatively to OR sites
K
OR3
~ 10 K
OR2
~ 10 K
OR1
Note for repressor:
K
OR1
~ 10 K
OR2
~ 10 K
OR3
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Image removed due to copyright considerations.
See Ptashne, Mark. A genetic switch: phage lambda.
3rd ed. Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y.: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2004.
Cooperative effects make sharp switch
(‘well defined’ decision)
Note: several layers of cooperativity:
dimerization, cooperative repressor binding
Images by MIT OCW.
1.0
0.8
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.0
0 1 2 3 4 5
(mM)[S]
Y
n
H
=1, non cooperative
n
H
=3, positively cooperative
100
50
Repressor concentration
%
R
e
p
r
e
s
s
i
o
n
promoter controlled by a
single repressor-operator system
99.7% repression
lysogen
lP
D
How to create a mathematical model that
captures the essence of the switch ?
Images removed due to copyright considerations. See Arkin, A., J. Ross, and H. H. McAdams.
"Stochastic kinetic analysis of developmental pathway bifurcation in phage lambda-infected Escherichia coli cells."
Genetics 149, no. 4 (Aug, 1998): 1633-48.