Description
Flux control capacities express the control of respiration by a specific metabolic variable, X, as a dimensionless (normalized) fractional change of flux, Ξj. Z is the reference state with high (stimulated or un-inhibited) flux; Y is the background state at low flux, upon which X acts. This yields the flux control ratio jY=Y/Z); X is either added (stimulation, activation) or removed (reversal of inhibition) to yield a flux Z from background Y. Note that X, Y and Z denote both, the metabolic control variable (X) or respiratory state (Y, Z) and the corresponding respiratory flux, X=Z-Y. Experimentally, inhibitors are added rather than removed; then Z is the reference state and Y the background state in the presence of the inhibitor. Complementary to the concept of flux control ratios and analogous to elasticities of metabolic control analysis, the flux control capacity of X upon background Y is expressed as the change of flux from Y to Z normalized for the reference state Z:
- ΞjZ-Y = (Z-Y)/Z = 1-jY
Substrate control capacities express the relative change of oxygen flux in response to a transition of substrate availability in a defined coupling state. Coupling and phosphorylation control capacities are determined in an ETS-competent substrate state.
Abbreviation: FCC
Reference: Gnaiger 2013 Abstract MiP2013
MitoPedia methods:
Respirometry
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