%********************************************************************************** % % CalC version 4.9.8, script "FCT_Fig13.par" % Victor Matveev, January 19, 2004 % % "Facilitation through Buffer Saturation: % Constraints on Endogenous Buffering Properties" % V. Matveev, A. Sherman and R. Zucker % Biophys. J. (2004) 86:2691-2709 % % This script produces the data for the parameter-sweep plots in Fig. 13 and % requires a command-line parameter specifying the buffering capacity of the fast % buffer. For instance, to reproduce Fig. 13B, execute: % % calc FCT_Fig13.par 50 % % the resulting file will be called "FCT_vs_Btotal_kon_kappa50_500", and will consist % of 8 data columns, in the format "Btotal kon P1at1 P5at1 P1at2 P5at2 P1at3 P5at3", % where "P1ati" is the size of the first [Ca2+] transient at site "i", etc. Then % start gnuplot, and type % % splot 'FCT_vs_Btotal_and_kon_2buffer_kappa50' u 1:2:($6/$5) w lines % % This will make a surface plot of the ratio of the 6th and 5st columns, equal to % the P5/P1 value at site "2". %================================================================================== buffer Bfix % The slow immobile low-affinity buffer, with a total Bfix.D=0 % buffering capacity of 750/15 = 50. Bfix.kplus=0.1 Bfix.KD=15 Bfix.total=750 % Name of the output file (see FCT_Fig5.par): outfile = "FCT_vs_Btotal_and_kon_2buffer_kappa" kappa % Apart from the presence of a second buffer, the simulations are equivalent to % the ones contained in "FCT_Fig5.par" path = "" % If running under Windows, specify here the path to the % directory containing the script imported below fname = path "FCT_Fig5.par" include fname % Import the simulation parameters from the main script, % which defines everything but the buffer's parameters: %==================================================================================