Modularity of Biochemical Filtering for Inducing Sigmoid Response in Both Inputs in an Enzymatic AND Gate

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• 作者：Saira Bakshi ; Oleksandr Zavalov ; Jan Hal谩mek ; Vladimir Privman ; Evgeny Katz
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry B
• 出版年：2013
• 出版时间：August 29, 2013
• 年：2013
• 卷：117
• 期：34
• 页码：9857-9865
• 全文大小：481K
• 年卷期：v.117,no.34(August 29, 2013)
• ISSN：1520-5207

文摘

We report the first systematic study of designed two-input biochemical systems as information processing gates with favorable noise transmission properties accomplished by modifying the gate鈥檚 response from a convex shape to sigmoid in both inputs. This is realized by an added chemical 鈥渇ilter鈥?process, which recycles some of the output back into one of the inputs. We study a system involving the biocatalytic function of the enzyme horseradish peroxidase, functioning as an AND gate. We consider modularity properties, such as the use of three different input chromogens that when oxidized yield signal detection outputs for various ranges of the primary input, hydrogen peroxide. We also examine possible uses of different filter effect chemicals (reducing agents) to induce the sigmoid response. A modeling approach is developed and applied to our data, allowing us to describe the enzymatic kinetics in the framework of a formulation suitable for evaluating the noise-handling properties of the studied systems as logic gates for information processing steps.