Biomolecular implementation of nonlinear system theoretic operators

Mathias Foo, Rucha Sawlekar, Jongmin Kim, Declan G. Bates, Guy Bart Stan, Vishwesh Kulkarni

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    Abstract

    — Synthesis of biomolecular circuits for controlling molecular-scale processes is an important goal of synthetic biology with a wide range of in vitro and in vivo applications, including biomass maximization, nanoscale drug delivery, and many others. In this paper, we present new results on how abstract chemical reactions can be used to implement com-monly used system theoretic operators such as the polynomial functions, rational functions and Hill-type nonlinearity. We first describe how idealised versions of multi-molecular reactions, catalysis, annihilation, and degradation can be combined to implement these operators. We then show how such chemical reactions can be implemented using enzyme-free, entropy-driven DNA reactions. Our results are illustrated through three applications: (1) implementation of a Stan-Sepulchre oscillator, (2) the computation of the ratio of two signals, and (3) a PI+antiwindup controller for regulating the output of a static nonlinear plant.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publication2016 European Control Conference, ECC 2016
    PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
    Pages1824-1831
    Number of pages8
    ISBN (Electronic)978-1-5090-2591-6, 978-1-5090-2590-9
    ISBN (Print)978-1-5090-2592-3
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 6 Jan 2017
    Event2016 European Control Conference - Aalborg, Denmark
    Duration: 29 Jun 20161 Jul 2016

    Publication series

    Name2016 European Control Conference, ECC 2016

    Conference

    Conference2016 European Control Conference
    Abbreviated titleECC
    Country/TerritoryDenmark
    CityAalborg
    Period29/06/161/07/16

    Keywords

    • Chemicals
    • DNA
    • Steady-state
    • Degradation
    • Synthetic biology
    • Oscillators

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