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most citedThe Quasi-Steady-State Approximations revisited: Timescales, small parameters, singularities, and normal forms in enzyme kinetic

34 citations · 59 across the 14 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

q-bio.MN2026

Timescale disparity and the reduction of the chemical master equation: A geometric approach via the linear noise approximation

Justin Eilertsen, Wylie Stroberg

The chemical master equation dictates the stochastic behavior of chemical reaction networks in small volumes that are well-mixed and homogeneous. Although the Gillespie algorithm i…

math.DS2026

Lumping of reaction networks: Generic and critical parameters

Justin Eilertsen, Valery G. Romanovski, Santiago Schnell +1

We investigate linear lumping for parameter-dependent mass action reaction networks, distinguishing between generic and critical parameter regimes. For generic parameters -- those…

physics.chem-ph2025

Accuracy versus Predominance: Reassessing the validity of the quasi-steady-state approximation

Kashvi Srivastava, Justin Eilertsen, Victoria Booth +1

The application of the standard quasi-steady-state approximation to the Michaelis--Menten reaction mechanism is a textbook example of biochemical model reduction, derived using sin…

math.DS2024

The Michaelis--Menten reaction at low substrate concentrations: Pseudo-first-order kinetics and conditions for timescale separation

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell, Sebastian Walcher

We demonstrate that the Michaelis-Menten reaction mechanism can be accurately approximated by a linear system when the initial substrate concentration is low. This leads to pseudo-…

q-bio.MN2023

On the reduction of stochastic chemical reaction networks

Justin Eilertsen, Wylie Stroberg

The linear noise approximation (LNA) describes the random fluctuations from the mean-field concentrations of a chemical reaction network due to intrinsic noise. It is also used as…

math.DS2023

Rigorous estimates for the quasi-steady state approximation of the Michaelis-Menten reaction mechanism at low enzyme concentrations

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell, Sebastian Walcher

There is a vast amount of literature concerning the appropriateness of various perturbation parameters for the standard quasi-steady state approximation in the Michaelis-Menten rea…

math.DS2022

Natural parameter conditions for singular perturbations of chemical and biochemical reaction networks

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell, Sebastian Walcher

We consider reaction networks that admit a singular perturbation reduction in a certain parameter range. The focus of this paper is on deriving "small parameters" (briefly for smal…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 16 cited

On the anti-quasi-steady-state conditions of enzyme kinetics

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell, Sebastian Walcher

Quasi-steady state reductions for the irreversible Michaelis--Menten reaction mechanism are of interest both from a theoretical and an experimental design perspective. A number of…

math.DS2021

Hunting : The origin and validity of quasi-steady-state reductions in enzyme kinetics

Justin Eilertsen, Malgorzata Anna Tyczynska, Santiago Schnell

The estimation of the kinetic parameters requires the careful design of experiments under a constrained set of conditions. Many estimates reported in the literature incorporate pro…

math.DS2021

On the validity of the stochastic quasi-steady-state approximation in open enzyme catalyzed reactions: Timescale separation or singular perturbation?

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell

The quasi-steady-state approximation is widely used to develop simplified deterministic or stochastic models of enzyme catalyzed reactions. In deterministic models, the quasi-stead…

math.DS2021★ 1 cited

On the quasi-steady-state approximation in an open Michaelis--Menten reaction mechanism

Justin Eilertsen, Marc R. Roussel, Santiago Schnell +1

The conditions for the validity of the standard quasi-steady-state approximation in the Michaelis--Menten mechanism in a closed reaction vessel have been well studied, but much les…

physics.chem-ph2021★ 5 cited

Stochastic enzyme kinetics and the quasi-steady-state reductions: Application of the slow scale linear noise approximation à la Fenichel

Justin Eilertsen, Kashvi Srivastava, Santiago Schnell

The linear noise approximation models the random fluctuations from the mean-field model of a chemical reaction that unfolds near the thermodynamic limit. Specifically, the fluctuat…

math.DS2019★ 34 cited

The Quasi-Steady-State Approximations revisited: Timescales, small parameters, singularities, and normal forms in enzyme kinetic

Justin Eilertsen, Santiago Schnell

In this work, we revisit the scaling analysis and commonly accepted conditions for the validity of the standard, reverse and total quasi-steady-state approximations through the len…

q-bio.QM2018★ 3 cited

Characteristic, completion or matching timescales? An analysis of temporary boundaries in enzyme kinetics

Justin Eilertsen, Wylie Stroberg, Santiago Schnell

Scaling analysis exploiting timescale separation has been one of the most important techniques in the quantitative analysis of nonlinear dynamical systems in mathematical and theor…