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Recap of Lecture 4
matrix exponential
exp(A) = 1 + A + A2/2 + ... + Ak/k! + ...
matrices as linear transformations
similarity
B = T-1AT
dx/dt = Ax
x(t) = exp(At)x0
linear transformations
> 0
< 0
= 0
normal forms
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complex case disc < 0 complex eigenvalues
stable spiral
Tr = -3 det = 7 disc = -19eigenvalues = -1.5 2.18 i
Complex eigenvalues imply (damped) oscillation, with frequency given by the imaginary part of the eigenvalue
x1
x2
eigenvalues = a i b
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trace
dete
rmin
ant
= 0
det > 0 , Tr > 0
> 0 > 0
saddles
spirals
nodes
sinks sources
cent
ers
< 0 , Tr < 0
det > 0 , Tr < 0
<
0 , T
r =
0
det < 0
> 0 , Tr < 0
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awkward case 1 disc = 0
non-generic (degenerate) case
cant make up its mind whether to be a node or a spiral
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center
awkward case 2 disc < 0, Tr A = 0
Tr = 0 det = 6 disc = -24eigenvalues = 2.45 i
cant make up its mind whether to be stable or unstable
robust oscillations require nonlinearity
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x1
x2
stable
x1
stable
unstable
x2
BACK TO PHAGE LAMBDA
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does this model capture the biology?
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repressor high/on - lysogeny
increased degradation of
repressor off - lysis switch is sluggish, not sharp
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repressor high/on - lysogeny
off state is unstable
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how could the design be changed
to make the switch sharper
and/or
the off-state stable?
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but re-design f or g to bend the nullcline(s)
use the same basic design as before
creating two stable nodesseparated by an unstable saddle
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a sigmoidal dose-response curve
saturating
derivative decreasing
derivative increasing
sigmoidal = S-shaped
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sigmoidal curves correspond to
unimodal probability distributions
correspond to
differentiation
area under the curve(integration)
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1
0
0.9
0.1
sigmoidal curves have two independent features
they create a threshold
normalised 1
00.1
normalised
they switch from low to high
x0.1 x0.1 x0.9
good switch = low (x0.9 - x0.1)good threshold = high x0.1
good threshold, poor switch good switch, poor threshold
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different measures of “ switching-ness”
1
0
0.9
0.1
normalised
x0.1 x0.9
x0.9 / x0.1 - COOPERATIVITY INDEX
CI = 81 for the standard hyperbolic curve
a = 1; h = 2, 6, 20
HILL COEFFICIENT
CI = 811/h
Johan will tell you about another measure in his lectures
ultrasensitivity - a small change in dose causes a large change in response Goldbeter & Koshland, PNAS 78:6840-4 1981
ultrasensitive - if CI < 81
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cooperativity
one interaction (eg: a binding event) changes the effect ofa subsequent interaction
an important mechanism for creating sigmoidal dose-responses
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haemoglobin
partial pressure of oxygen
% o
xyge
n sa
tura
tion
cooperativity in oxygen binding to haemoglobin
Christian Bohr, Boris Hasselbach & August Krogh, Skand. Arch. Physiol., 16:401-12, 1904
Haemoglobin cooperativity is based on allostery
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August KroghNobel in Physiology 1920
Niels BohrNobel in Physics1922
Max DelbruckNobel in Physiology1969
Christian Bohr
Father/son
Teacher/student
Teacher/student
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phage lambda creates cooperativity through PROMOTER STRUCTURE
haemoglobin creates cooperativity throughALLOSTERY
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gene expression depends on promoter structure
RNA polymerase
gene coding region transcriptionstart site
mRNA transcript
RNA polymerase tra
nscr
iptio
n fa
ctor
transcription
factor
trans
crip
tion
fact
or
transcription factor binding sites
promoter region
promoter region
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amino acids
primary sequence
secondary structure – helices and sheets
A, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y AAAAAAGAGP EMVRGQVFDV GPRYTNLSYI GEGAYGMVCS AYDNVNKVRV AIKKISPFEH QTYCQRTLRE IKILLRFRHE NIIGINDIIR APTIEQMKDV YIVQDLMETD LYKLLKTQHL SNDHICYFLY QILRGLKYIH SANVLHRDLK PSNLLLNTTC DLKICDFGLA RVADPDHDHT GFLTEYVATR WYRAPEIMLN SKGYTKSIDI WSVGCILAEM LSNRPIFPGK HYLDQLNHIL GILGSPSQED LNCIINLKAR NYLLSLPHKN KVPWNRLFPN ADSKALDLLD KMLTFNPHKR IEVEQALAHP YLEQYYDPSD EPIAEAPFKF DMELDDLPKE KLKELIFEET ARFQPGYRS
http://www.rcsb.org/pdb/
Erk2 – Extracellular signal Regulated Kinase SwissProt P28482
proteins
PDB 1ERK
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tertiary structure – do mains
proteins
Tony Pawson's lab http://pawsonlab.mshri.on.ca/
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lambda repressor – dimerisation and DNA binding
dimerisation
DNA binding
1lmb.pdb Beamer & Pabo J Mol Biol 227:177, 1992
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lambda repressor – binding to operator region
DNA binding
OR1OR2OR3
cooperative binding of repressor dimer
to OR1 and OR2
repressor transcribed at Iow basal rate
~11x increase in repressor transcription
repressor transcription turned off
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calculating the rate of repressor expression
OR1OR2OR3
unoccupied
occupied by repressor dimer
D1
D2
D3
D0
Shea-Ackers modelAckers, Johnson & Shea, PNAS 79:1129-33 1982
a general statistical mechanical model for transcription factor binding
simplify
OR1OR2OR3
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calculate the probabilities of finding repressor bound to DNA in each state (D0, D1, D2, D3)
calculate the rate of gene transcription as an average over this probability distribution