# On the reaction rate constants that enable multistationarity in the two-site phosphorylation cycle

Source: [On the reaction rate constants that enable multistationarity in the two-site phosphorylation cycle](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa55451e209131ce9929ab>)

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Authors: Elisenda Feliu

Published: 2018-09-18T08:13:39.000Z

## Abstract

Parametrized polynomial ordinary differential equation systems are broadly used for modeling, specially in the study of biochemical reaction networks under the assumption of mass-action kinetics. Understanding the qualitative behavior of the solutions with respect to the parameter values gives rise to complex problems within real algebraic geometry, concerning the study of the signs of multivariate polynomials over the positive orthant. In this work we provide further insight into the number of positive steady states of a benchmark model, namely the two-site phosphorylation cycle. In particular, we provide new conditions on the reaction rate constants for the existence of one or three positive steady states, partially filling a gap left in previous works.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.07275>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/1809.07275.pdf>)