Question: Consider the enzymatic reaction sequence shown below where S is the substrate, E is the enzyme, C is the enzyme - substrate complex and P

Consider the enzymatic reaction sequence shown below where S is the substrate, E is the enzyme, C is the enzyme-substrate complex and P is the product. The reaction rates are given below in terms of the species concentrations.
E+SrrCrrE+P
rf=kfES,rr=krC,rc=kcC
The total free enzyme (E) plus bound enzyme (C) is constant such that: E+C=Et.
(a)(10 pts) Assuming each species has a stoichiometry of one in each reaction, derive the following mass balance equations:
dE(d)t=-(kfS+kr+kc)E+(kr+kc)Et=f1(E,S)
dS(d)t=-(kfS+kr)E+krEt=f2(E,S)
(b)(10 pts) Determine the single steady-state solution ?bar(E) and ?bar(S).
(c)(10pts) Linearize the ODEs in part (a) at the steady-state point in part (b) to obtain a linear ODE system with matrix A that depends on the model parameters.
(d)(10pts) Given the parameter values kf=2,kr=1,kc=5 and Et=1, compute the eigenvalues of the matrix A in part (c) to determine the stability of the steadystate point in part (b).
(e)(12pts) Formulate the forward Euler equations and produce a table showing the first three steps starting from E0=S0=1 with a step size of t=0.1.
 Consider the enzymatic reaction sequence shown below where S is the

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