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- Title
Mathematical Modelling of the Aux/IAA Negative Feedback Loop.
- Authors
Middleton, A. M.; King, J. R.; Bennett, M. J.; Owen, M. R.
- Abstract
The hormone auxin is implicated in regulating a diverse range of developmental processes in plants. Auxin acts in part by inducing the Aux/IAA genes. The associated pathway comprises multiple negative feedback loops (whereby Aux/IAA proteins can repress Aux/IAA genes) that are disrupted by auxin mediating the turnover of Aux/IAA protein. In this paper, we develop a mathematical model of a single Aux/IAA negative feedback loop in a population of identical cells. The model has a single steady-state. We explore parameter space to uncover a number of dynamical regimes. In particular, we identify the ratio between the Aux/IAA protein and mRNA turnover rates as a key parameter in the model. When this ratio is sufficiently small, the system can evolve to a stable limit cycle, corresponding to an oscillation in Aux/IAA expression levels. Otherwise, the steady-state is either a stable-node or a stable-spiral. These observations may shed light on recent experimental results.
- Subjects
PLANT hormones; AUXIN; MATHEMATICAL statistics; GENES; MESSENGER RNA
- Publication
Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 2010, Vol 72, Issue 6, p1383
- ISSN
0092-8240
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11538-009-9497-4