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A large scale simulation
The initial state is as following:
Edge of cube: 50 units
The amount of A: 2000
The amount of B: 0
The amount of C: 0
The amount of E1: 50
The amount of E2: 50
The distance between E1 and E2 for RNA scaffold: 2 units
After 1200 iterations, the scaffold and non-scaffold results are as following:
| Scaffold | Non-scaffold | |
|---|---|---|
| A (Substrate) | 1417 | 1470 |
| B (Intermediate) | 436 | 451 |
| C (Product) | 147 | 79 |
| E1 (Enzyme1) | 50 | 50 |
| E2 (Enzyme2) | 50 | 50 |
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Fig 4.(Left) Result of scaffold system for large scale simulation. After 1200 iterations, there are 436 B and 147 C.
Fig 5.(Right) Result of non-scaffold system for large scale simulation. After 1200 iterations, there are 451 B and 79 C.
Comparison between the two system
As the iteration increasing, the number of A is decreasing and the number of B and C are increasing. We record the number of B and C for both scaffold system and non-scaffold system as iteration grows to watch the reaction rate of pathway (i.e. the number of C).
Fig 6. The number of B and C as iteration grows.
From figure 4.5.6, it is obvious that the number of C for scaffold system is more than that for non-scaffold system and the number of B for scaffold system is less than that for non-scaffold system. This phenomenon can be interpreted as that the probability that B meets an E2 is highly increased since their distance is closer. Therefore, it is safely to draw a conclusion that the reaction rate of pathway has been speed up because of the scaffold bringing two enzymes closer.
