title: A generalization of metabolic control analysis to conditions of no proportionality between activity and concentration of enzymes.
abstract: The assumption currently considered in the Metabolic Control Theory that velocity of every isolated step is proportional to enzyme concentration, is analysed by considering that in some metabolic systems that condition could not be accomplished. Analysis of the main core of this theory is carried out removing this hypothesis, expressed as "epsilon ei vi is not necessarily equal to one". The results obtained supply a more general formulation of the main theorems of the Control Theory, extending its possible application to more complex metabolic systems.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biología Molecular, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de La Laguna, Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Meléndez-Hevia
authors.forename: N V
authors.initials: NV
authors.lastname: Torres
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sicilia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004798:Enzymes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008954:Models, Biological
chemical_list: D004798:Enzymes