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Table 1 Parameters and their descriptions (protein concentrations are in arbitrary units, and the unit of time is h)

From: Autophagy and apoptosis are regulated by stress on Bcl2 by AMBRA1 in the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria

Parameter

Significance

Value

k 1

rate of Bcl2 synthesis

0.05

k 2

basal rate of Bcl2 degradation

0.01

k 3

stress-dependent rate of Bcl2 degradation

0.6

k 4

Caspases-dependent rate of Bcl2 degradation

0.1

k 5

AMBRA1-dependent rate of ER-Bcl2 degradation

0.3

k 6

AMBRA1-dependent rate of mito-Bcl2 degradation

0.4

k 7

basal rate of AMBRA1 activation

0.001

k 8

ER-Bcl2-dependent rate of AMBRA1 degradation

0.3

k 9

mito-Bcl2-dependent rate of AMBRA1 degradation

0.4

k 10

basal rate of AMBRA1 inactivation

0.01

k 11

AMBRA1-dependent rate of Beclin1 activation

0.3

k 12

basal rate of Caspases activation

0

k 13

inactivated Beclin1-dependent Caspases activation constant

0.05

k 14

Bax-dependent rate of Caspases activation

0.4

k 15

basal Caspases inactivation constant

0.1

k 16

Beclin1-dependent rate of Caspases inactivation

0.37

k 17

Beclin1activation rate

1

k 18

basal Beclin1inactivation rate

0.01

k 19

Caspases-dependent rate of Beclin1 inactivation

5

Jcp

Caspases Michaelis constant

0.01

k a

rate of Bcl2-Beclin1 complex association

0.1

k b

rate of Bcl2-Beclin1 complex dissociation

1

k c

rate of Bcl2-Bax complex association

8

k d

rate of Bcl2-Bax complex dissociation

0.1

S1, S2

stress level S1 and S2

0.5

Bcl2t

total level of Bcl2

1

Baxt

total level of Bax

0.25

Caspt

total level of Caspases

1

Becic

inactive, Bcl2-bounded Beclin1

0.2

Bect

total level of Beclin1

1