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f14SS ?f16SS This set of constraints has an eight-dimensional 3-(2,2,2-Trifluoroethoxy)aniline hydrochloride basis, indicating that only eight linearly independent fluxes need to be characterized from data instead of sixteen. In addition, the fluxes are naturally non-negative, which imposes a set of inequality constraints that bound the search space for feasible parameter values further. Note that flux f14SS disassembles NoxA1active into all four subunits, which introduces a stoichiometric factor of 4 into the system, which becomes evident if the last four equations in (4) are summed. Linear algebra assures us that it ultimately does not matter which basis of flux vectors in Equation (4) is chosen. For reasons of practicality, we select fluxes f2SS, f3SS, f4SS, f6SS, f8SS, f14SS, and f16SS, as independent fluxes. As the eighth independent flux, we choose f9SS or f10SS, depending on the relative sizes of f2SS and f16SS. Two reasons support this particular selection. First, f2SS, f3SS, f4SS, and f14SS each represent one disassembly mechanism of Nox1active; these fluxes are therefore of particular interest. Their characterization will enable us to identify the most effective strategies of degrading Nox1active. Second, once these selected fluxes are numerically quantified by their rate constants, the remaining fluxes are guaranteed to be non-negative because of their relatively larger magnitudes. Since little 4-Bromopicolinaldehyde experimental information is available regarding any of the fluxes or their corresponding rate constants, we use Monte-Carlo methods, which permit the exploration of large search spaces with reasonable effort. Specifically, the targeted fluxes are randomly sampled from a uniform distribution over an appropriate non-negative domain. The performance of each sampled set is then evaluated by a series of user-defined criteria.The first and arguably most critical step of biological model design is the translation of the system diagram into an appropriate mathematical structure that permits analytical or simulation-supported diagnosis [61]. We use here ordinary differential equations in mass action format that describe how each component PubMed ID:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9638576 in the system varies over time. The Nox1 system represented in Figure 1 can be expressed succinctly in matrix format: _ X ?N :F ??_ where X8? is the dependent variable vector, X denotes its derivative, F16? is the flux vector, and N8?6 is the stoichiometry matrix, which quantifies the relationships between dependent variables and corresponding fluxes (see details of N in Additional file 1). The fluxes are given in mass action format asf1 f2 f3 f4 ? 1 X2 PubMed ID:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15127947 X4 X6 X7 ? 2 X1 ? 3 X1 ? 4 X1 f5 f6 f7 f8 ? 5 X3 S1 ? 6 X4 ? 7 X5 S2 ? 8 X6 f9 ? 9 X7 S3 f10 ? 10 X8 f11 ? 11 f12 ? 12 f13 f14 f15 f16 ? 13 ? 14 X1 ? 15 ? 16 X??Parameter estimationAdditional fileAdditional file 1: The file con.