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Table 1 Overview of symbols used in this study and their corresponding units

From: Protein production in Escherichia coli is guided by the trade-off between intracellular substrate availability and energy cost

Symbol

Unit

Explanation

\(\epsilon_{T3}\)

Dimensionless

Elasticity of translation over the amount of ternary complexes

FCC

Dimensionless

Flux control coefficient

v TL

µM amino acids s−1

Translation rate

c R

µM ribosomes

Concentration of ribosomes

h

nm

Grid spacing

p

s−1

Probability density

t

s

Time

x i

Coordinate

v

m s−1

Velocity

D

M2 s−1

Diffusion coefficient

N

(µm3)−1

Molecule concentration

d

s−1

Jump probability density

α

s−1 µm−3

Volumetric jump probability density

r

Random number

k diss

s−1

Dissociation constant