I'm a biologist in the process of modeling a fairly simple biological system using a system of ODEs. To verify the simulations, I'm attempting to obtain an analytical steady-state solution that I can check the simulations against. My attempts so far haven't borne fruit, so I thought I'd toss the question out to mathematicians. This is my first post, so apologies if the question isn't right for this site.
The equation is of the form:
dS3overdt=2XvmaxS1−S23S47overKeq,3overKm+S1+S23S47overKeq,3+D(S3,in−S3)
dS4overdt=XvmaxS1−S4S27overKeq,4overKm+S1+S4S27overKeq,4+D(S4,in−S4)
dS1overdt=−XvmaxBigg[S1−S23S47overKeq,3overKm+S1+S23S47overKeq,3+S1−S4S27overKeq,4overKm+S1+S4S27overKeq,4Bigg]+D(S1,in−S1)
dXoverdt=XvmaxYBigg[4S1−S23S47overKeq,3overKm+S1+S23S47overKeq,3+3S1−S4S27overKeq,4overKm+S1+S4S27overKeq,4Bigg]+D(Xin−X)
dS7overdt=XvmaxBigg[4S1−S23S47overKeq,3overKm+S1+S23S47overKeq,3+2S1−S4S27overKeq,4overKm+S1+S4S27overKeq,4Bigg]+D(S7,in−S7)
Where S1, S3, S4 and S7 and X are variables
and
Km, Keq,3, Keq,4, vmax, S1,in, S3,in, S4,in, S7,in, Xin, D and Y are constants.
This system models the change in the substrate Sn or the microbial population X in a perfectly-stirred vessel with microbes acting upon a substrate S1 to produce S3, S4 and S7 when the kinetics of the chemical reactions are thermodynamically reversible.
Sn,in is the input concentration of Sn. Km and vmax are constants that describe the "affinity" of the microbe to S1 and the maximum rate of the reaction respectively and Keq,n is the thermodynamic equilibrium constant for the reaction S1 -> A Sn + B S7. I need to solve this system for Sn where n=1,3,4,7.
Is this even possible, or am I barking up the wrong tree here?
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