# tlbr.bngl # Trivalent ligand - bivalent receptor model [Peaking Params] # # Theoretical model was published and analyzed in: # B Goldstein and AS Perelson. # "Equilibrium theory for the clustering of bivalent cell surface receptors by trivalent ligands". # Biophysical Journal 45, 1109–1123 (1984). # # Rule-based adaptation appeard as part of: # MW Sneddon, JR Faeder, and T Emonet. # "Efficient modeling, simulation and coarse-graining of biological complexity with NFsim". # Nature Methods 8, 177–183 (2011). setOption("SpeciesLabel","HNauty") begin model begin parameters # constants NA 6.0221e23 # Avogadro's number # experimental conditions cell_density 1e9 # cells per liter Rec_cell 3e5 # receptors per cell Lig_conc 8.3e-9 # initial ligand concentration, M # simulation scale f 0.001 # fraction of simulated cell Vol (1/cell_density)*f # reactor volume # initial species count Lig_tot Lig_conc*NA*Vol Rec_tot Rec_cell*f # equillibrium constants K1 0.1084e9 # free binding equillibrium constant, /M K2 33.72e9 # crosslinking equillibrium constant, /M # kinetic parameters koff 0.01 # unbinding rate, /s kp1 K1*koff # Free binding rate constant, /M/s kp2 K2*koff # Crosslinking rate constant, /M/s end parameters begin molecule types R(l,l) L(r,r,r) end molecule types begin seed species R(l,l) Rec_tot L(r,r,r) Lig_tot end seed species begin observables Species Rfree R(l,l) Species Lfree L(r,r,r) Molecules Ropen R(l) Molecules Lopen L(r) Species Rsingle R==1 Species Rclusters R>=2 Molecules LRmotif L(r!0).R(l!0) Molecules RLRmotif R(l!0).L(r!0,r!1).R(l!1) Molecules Rtot R() Molecules Ltot L() end observables begin reaction rules R(l!1).L(r!1) -> R(l) + L(r) koff L(r,r,r) + R(l) -> L(r!1,r,r).R(l!1) kp1/NA/Vol L(r,r,r!+) + R(l) -> L(r!1,r,r!+).R(l!1) kp2/NA/Vol L(r,r!+,r!+) + R(l) -> L(r!1,r!+,r!+).R(l!1) kp2/NA/Vol end reaction rules end model