[The inflow of the substrate can regulate the persistence of memory of enzymes having the properties of hysteresis: theoretical analysis].

ABSTRACT

A simple kinetic model of hysteretic enzymes with the influx of substrate or ion (transported by the enzyme) is considered. Two alternative steady activity levels are shown to arise in the system with a hysteretic enzyme. The transition between these levels can proceed in an oscillatory manner. The duration of the initial steady activity level is shown to be determined by the initial substrate (or ion) level, and the oscillatory transition between the activity levels is the property of hysteretic enzymes. It was shown for plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase as an example that the level of the signal can be encoded into the time interval in which the enzyme retains the memory about this signal.