vanniekerk1

vPFvALD

vPFvALD

f16bpPF = gapPF + dhapPF

vPFvATPASE

vPFvATPASE

atpPF = adpPF

vPFvENO

vPFvENO

p2gPF = pepPF

vPFvG3PDH

vPFvG3PDH

dhapPF + nadhPF = nadPF + g3pPF

vPFvGAPDH

vPFvGAPDH

nadPF + gapPF = nadhPF + b13pgPF

vPFvGLCtr

vPFvGLCtr

glcEX = glcPF

vPFvGLYtr

vPFvGLYtr

g3pPF = glyEX

vPFvHK

vPFvHK

glcPF + atpPF = g6pPF + adpPF

vPFvLACtr

vPFvLACtr

lacPF = lacEX

vPFvLDH

vPFvLDH

pyrPF + nadhPF = nadPF + lacPF

vPFvPFK

vPFvPFK

f6pPF + atpPF = f16bpPF + adpPF

vPFvPGI

vPFvPGI

g6pPF = f6pPF

vPFvPGK

vPFvPGK

b13pgPF + adpPF = p3gPF + atpPF

vPFvPGM

vPFvPGM

p3gPF = p2gPF

vPFvPK

vPFvPK

pepPF + adpPF = pyrPF + atpPF

vPFvPYRtr

vPFvPYRtr

pyrPF = pyrEX

vPFvTPI

vPFvTPI

dhapPF = gapPF

Global parameters

Assignment rules

hEX = pHConversionFactor / pow(10, phEX)

hPF = pHConversionFactor / pow(10, phPF)

Function definitions

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Targeting glycolysis in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum.

  • David D van Niekerk
  • Gerald P Penkler
  • Francois du Toit
  • Jacky L Snoep
FEBS J. 2016; 283 (4): 634-646
Abstract
UNLABELLED: Glycolysis is the main pathway for ATP production in the malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum and essential for its survival. Following a sensitivity analysis of a detailed kinetic model for glycolysis in the parasite, the glucose transport reaction was identified as the step whose activity needed to be inhibited to the least extent to result in a 50% reduction in glycolytic flux. In a subsequent inhibitor titration with cytochalasin B, we confirmed the model analysis experimentally and measured a flux control coefficient of 0.3 for the glucose transporter. In addition to the glucose transporter, the glucokinase and phosphofructokinase had high flux control coefficients, while for the ATPase a small negative flux control coefficient was predicted. In a broader comparative analysis of glycolytic models, we identified a weakness in the P. falciparum pathway design with respect to stability towards perturbations in the ATP demand.
DATABASE: The mathematical model described here has been submitted to the JWS Online Cellular Systems Modelling Database and can be accessed at http://jjj.bio.vu.nl/database/vanniekerk1. The SEEK-study including the experimental data set is available at DOI 10.15490/seek.1.
INVESTIGATION: 56).

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