[PK] and [LDH] are high, so their reactions are not rate limiting.
[ATP] and [Glu] are high enough to saturate GS.
GS-Mg-ADP-Glu-P + NH₄⁺ → GS-Mg-ADP-(Glu-NH₃)-P → GS-Mg-ADP-Pi-Gln
(see Orsi and Tipton, 1979)
Solving for
This is identical to equation (13) in Goličnik, 2012.
from https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/bi00169a007
GS-Mn + ATP → GS-Mn-ATP + Glu → GS-Mn-ATP-Glu → GS-Mn-ADP-Glu-P + NH₄⁺ → GS-Mn-ADP-(Glu-NH₃)-P → GS-Mn-ADP-Pi-Gln
(We are actually using Mg, not Mn.)
from https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/81950158.pdf
LDH + NAD⁺ ⇌ LDH-NAD⁺ + lactate ⇌ LDH-NAD⁺-lactate ⇌ LDH-NADH-pyruvate ⇌ LDH-NADH + pyruvate ⇌ LDH + NADH
from https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC1184192
PK-PEP PK-ATP + Pyr
↗↙ ↘ ↗ ↘
PK PK-PEP-ADP → PK-Pyr-ATP PK + ATP + Pyr
↘ ↗↙ ↘ ↗
PK-ADP PK-Pyr + ATP
LDH-NAD⁺-lactate ⇌ LDH-NAD⁺ + lactate ⇌ LDH + NAD⁺
⇵ (rxn measured by absorbance change)
LDH-NADH-Pyruvate
⇵
PK-PEP PK-ATP + Pyr Pyr + LDH-NADH ⇌ LDH + NADH
↗↙ ↘ ↗ ↘ ⇵
PK PK-PEP-ADP → PK-Pyr-ATP PK + ATP + Pyr
↘ ↗↙ ↘ ↗ ⇵
PK-ADP PK-Pyr + ATP ATP + GS-Mg
⇵
GS-Mg-ATP + Glu ⇌ GS-Mg-ATP-Glu ⇌ GS-Mg-ADP-Glu-P + NH₄⁺
⇵
GS-Mg-ADP-(Glu-NH₃)-P
⇵
GS-Mg-ADP-Pi-Gln