Molecular Turing structures in the biochemistry of the cell

Molecular Turing structures in the biochemistry of the cell

Publication Type:

Journal Article

Authors:

Hasslacher, B.; Kapral, R.; Lawniczak, A.

Source:

Chaos, Volume 3, Number 1, p.7-13 (1993)

URL:

https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-0002713376&doi=10.1063%2f1.165967&partnerID=40&md5=49f1aa4b87db7152a042e02a876ecf69

Abstract:

Reactive lattice gas automata simulations show that Turing structure can form on a mesoscopic scale and are stable to molecular fluctuations in this domain. Calculations on the Sel'kov model suggest that Turing instabilities can give rise to global spatial symmetry breaking in ATP concentration within the cell cytoplasm with a mesoscopic Turing scale well within typical cell dimensions. This leads to a new mechanism for the global breaking of energy distribution in the cell. It also leads to reappraisal of the importance of the Turing effect on extended biochemical spatial structures and energy transport available to cell morphogenesis. © 1993 American Institute of Physics.