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S-systems have been used as models of biochemical systems for over 30 years. One of their hallmarks is that, although they are highly non-linear, their steady states are characterised by linear equations. This allows streamlined analyses of stability, sensitivities and gains as well as objective, mathematically controlled comparisons of similar model designs. Regular S-systems have a unique steady state at which none of the system variables is zero. This makes it difficult to represent switching phenomena, as they occur, for instance, in the expression of genes, cell cycle phenomena and signal transduction. Previously, two strategies were proposed to account for switches. One was based on a technique called recasting, which permits the modelling of any differentiable non-linearities, including bistability, but typically does not allow steady-state analyses based on linear equations. The second strategy formulated the switching system in a piecewise fashion, where each piece consisted of a regular S-system. A representation gleaned from a simplified form of recasting is proposed and it is possible to divide the characterisation of the steady states into two phases, the first of which is linear, whereas the other is non-linear, but easy to execute. The article discusses a representative pathway with two stable states and one unstable state. The pathway model exhibits strong separation between the stable states as well as hysteresis.

Inspec keywords: biochemistry; physiological models; cellular biophysics; genetics

Other keywords: switching phenomena; gene expression; smooth bistable S-systems; bistability; signal transduction; differentiable nonlinearity; biochemical systems; recasting; cell cycle phenomena; linear equations

Subjects: Model reactions in molecular biophysics; General, theoretical, and mathematical biophysics; Physics of subcellular structures

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