SimEvolEnzCons (version 2.0.0)

flux: Flux computation

Description

Computes the flux of a metabolic pathway

Usage

flux(E_fun,A_fun,X_fun=1)

Arguments

E_fun

Numeric vector of concentrations

A_fun

Numeric vector of activities

X_fun

Numeric value. Default is 1

Value

flux returns a numeric value

Details

Computes the flux of a metabolic pathway according to the Metabolic Control Theory (Kacser and Burns, 1973).

References

Kacser, H. and J. A. Burns, 1973. The control of flux. Symp. Soc. Exp. Biol. 27:65<U+2013>104.

Kacser, H., J. A. Burns, H. Kacser, and D. A. Fell, 1995. The control of flux : 21 years on. Biochemical Society Transactions 23:341<U+2013>366.

See Also

Use function activities to compute enzyme activities.

Examples

# NOT RUN {
E <- c(1,10,30)
A <- c(30,30,30)
J <- flux(E,A)

#result : J = 26.47059


# }