We describe the oligosaccharides-exchange dynamics performed by the so-called D-enzymes on polysaccharides. To mimic physiological conditions, we treat this process as an open chemical network by assuming some of the polymer concentrations fixed (chemostatting). We show that three different long-time behaviors may ensue: equilibrium states, nonequilibrium steady states, and continuous growth states. We dynamically and thermodynamically characterize these states and emphasize the crucial role of conservation laws in identifying the chemostatting conditions inducing them.
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Rao, R., Lacoste, D., & Esposito, M. (2015). Glucans monomer-exchange dynamics as an open chemical network. Journal of Chemical Physics, 143(24). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4938009
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