Stability multistability

Fig. 6. A multistate model of receptor function with three states. The receptor population consists of an inactive receptor conformation (R) in equilibrium with two (or more) active receptor conformations (R and R ). Each active conformation can differentially activate effector mechanisms, leading to response 1 or response2 in the absence of an agonist. Two isomerization constants (L and M) define the propensity of the receptor to adopt an active conformation in the absence of a ligand. Agonists can differentially stabilize R vs R depending on the value of the equilibrium dissociation constants KA and KA relative to KA. Inverse agonists can also have differential effects on response 1 vs. response2 depending upon the relative values of L and M and of the affinity constants. Additional active states with additional isomerization and affinity constants can be added. Adapted from Leff et al. (86) and Berg et al. (22).

The air is not a simple linear system. There are many feedbacks, giving an atmosphere that appears stable when viewed over the time scale, say, of human evolution. However, even though the air has stabilities, it may have longer-term instabilities, or else bistable or multistable states. How was redox power managed Models can help. 

We have multistability when more than one stable steady state exist for a given set of the values of the parameters. These steady states depend on the values of the parameters (control parameters) [7,23-31]. A bifurcation occurs when their number or stability changes as the value of a parameter changes (Figure 8.2). 

Clark, N. A., and Lagerwall, S. T., Surface-stabilized ferroelectric liquid crystal electro-optics new multistate structures and devices. Ferroelectrics, 59, 25-67 (1984). 

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In Section 3 we have shown that diffusion-driven instabilities can give rise to numerous examples of multistability. Under such circumstances the system may also exhibit localized structures corresponding to the spatial juxtaposition of the various stable states. As mentioned in Section 3.1 some stabilization mechanism must intervene. We first describe the patterns that may appear in the 1D Lengyel-Epstein model in the range of values of parameters for which the Turing instability is subcritical [43]. 

Since it is known that different areas of the cytosolic loops of receptors activate different G proteins [191], it is evident that agonists can stabilize multiple active receptor conformations, thus changing not only the degree, but also the quality of receptor activation [192]. Consequently, three-state to multistate models have been developed. Furthermore, in thermodynamic terms must be a provision for the inactive receptor to also interact with G proteins, which lead to a more complex model for GPCRs, named the cubic ternary complex model [193]. Taking into account the concomitant binding of an orthosteric ligand led to a thermodynamically complete, extended model, named the quaternary complex model [194]. The above mentioned and additional models have been recently reviewed by Maudsley et al. [192], Kenakin et al. [195] and Christopoulos et al. [196]. Therein, the potential for allosteric... 

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