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Numsgil:
--- Quote ---I would call then enzyme complexes. Yes, it's just terminology. But mine is sooo much cooler! :)
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You wish! :P
The difference is that a complex implies more than one independant structures. An enzyme complex would be a group of associated enzymes, IMO, whereas an enzyme is the single atomic structure that is produced by enzyme transcribers.
shvarz:
Here is my proposal: Enzymes in a single string of bits are automatically assigned to one complex. If you get all enzymes that work on digesting fats and put them in one string, then all of them are in one complex and the whole complex can work much better than all of these enzymes on their own.
If you assemble random enzymes into a complex, then that will do you no good :)
P.S: I promise I go to work after submitting this post.
Numsgil:
I imagine the opposite as true. An enzyme (complex to you) works by going through materials supplied to it by osmosis. If you have alot of activation sites (enzymes to you) that do the same substance, each one will have to share the raw materials supplied to it by osmosis.
If each activation site is its own enzyme though, they can spread out and osmosis will comparitvely supply them with raw materials faster.
PurpleYouko:
I think I have been viewing things more in line with Shvarz here.
I have been (but am not fixated on the idea) looking at enzymes as being shortish strings with a single function, contained in a single longer string (bit pattern).
I am not particularly worried about modelling the way that raw materials arrive to be sorted out. That is relatively simple to me.
Stuff arrives by whatever method (osmosis from e-grid, gathering from e-grid, eating) -----> stuff reacts with as many enzymes as are present (defining efficiency) -----> proteins, fats or whatever comes out the other end.
Shvarz's make and break system (elegant and simple) can be added as an optional extra to further increase efficiency and complexity, otherwise just let the stuff get on with it on its own with efficiency being defined purely by the number of a specific enzyme present in the bit pattern (enzyme array).
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PurpleYouko:
--- Quote ---If each activation site is its own enzyme though, they can spread out and osmosis will comparitvely supply them with raw materials faster.
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Don't really follow this.
Osmosis is driven by a concentration gradient across a semi-permiable membrane.
Basically the robot's body fluids will tend to equalize concentrations with the surroundings (e-grid) so to all intents and purposes the robot will contain the same concentrations as the e-grid with a slight lag. Of course this mainly applies to ionic species like salts and not to gasses like Oxygen or CO2 to such a degree.
The concentration of any of these things will be in the order of parts per million which is pretty high really.
It really shouldn't make a darned bit of difference whether the enzymes are very small seperate bit patterns or a long chain containing many activation sites. Each site will still have access to way more stuff than it can keep up with if it relies on osmosis to supply it. The stuff will be pumping in from the e-grid at a rate equal to the rate that it is being converted and will be present at a ppm level in the robot. That means several million bits of O2 will always be present and several million bits of CO2 will be present. Your enzymes will be absolutely saturated in the stuff.
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