From cdfa80877ac6e29ad4a2534fe996d52c1ebcd5fb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: don Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:51:02 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] add the length adjustment concerns git-svn-id: svn+ssh://hemlock.ucr.edu/srv/svn/misc/trunk/origins_of_life@537 25fa0111-c432-4dab-af88-9f31a2f6ac42 --- kinetic_formalism.Rnw | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/kinetic_formalism.Rnw b/kinetic_formalism.Rnw index 4acbbf0..e52b838 100644 --- a/kinetic_formalism.Rnw +++ b/kinetic_formalism.Rnw @@ -148,6 +148,11 @@ $1.5$, which leads to a $\Delta \Delta G^\ddagger$ of $\Sexpr{format(digits=3,to.kcal(2^1.5))} \frac{\mathrm{kcal}}{\mathrm{mol}}$. +It is not clear that the unsaturation of the inserted monomer will +affect the rate of the insertion positively or negatively, so we do +not include a term for it in this formalism. + + \setkeys{Gin}{width=3.2in} <>= curve(2^x,from=0,to=sd(c(0,4)), @@ -316,6 +321,13 @@ a range of $\Delta \Delta G^\ddagger$ of $\Sexpr{format(digits=3,to.kcal(2^(3.4)))} \frac{\mathrm{kcal}}{\mathrm{mol}}$. +While it could be argued that increased length of the monomer could +affect the rate of insertion into the membrane, it's not clear whether +it would increase (by decreasing the number of available hydrogen +bonds, for example) or decrease (by increasing the time taken to fully +insert the acyl chain, for example) the rate of insertion or to what +degree, so we do not take it into account in this formalism. + <>= curve(2^x,from=0,to=sd(c(12,24)), -- 2.39.2