Understanding the temperature response of biological systems: Part II -- Network-level mechanisms and emergent dynamics

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Hauptverfasser: Jacobs, Simen, Voits, Julian B., Frolov, Nikita, Schwarz, Ulrich S., Gelens, Lendert
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author Jacobs, Simen
Voits, Julian B.
Frolov, Nikita
Schwarz, Ulrich S.
Gelens, Lendert
author_facet Jacobs, Simen
Voits, Julian B.
Frolov, Nikita
Schwarz, Ulrich S.
Gelens, Lendert
contents Building on the phenomenological and microscopic models reviewed in Part I, this second part focuses on network-level mechanisms that generate emergent temperature response curves. We review deterministic models in which temperature modulates the kinetics of coupled biochemical reactions, as well as stochastic frameworks, such as Markov chains, that capture more complex multi-step processes. These approaches show how Arrhenius-like temperature dependence at the level of individual reactions is transformed into non-Arrhenius scaling, thermal limits, and temperature compensation at the system level. Together, network-level models provide a mechanistic bridge between empirical temperature response curves and the molecular organization of biological systems, giving us predictive insights into robustness, perturbations, and evolutionary constraints.
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spellingShingle Understanding the temperature response of biological systems: Part II -- Network-level mechanisms and emergent dynamics
Jacobs, Simen
Voits, Julian B.
Frolov, Nikita
Schwarz, Ulrich S.
Gelens, Lendert
Molecular Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Biological Physics
Building on the phenomenological and microscopic models reviewed in Part I, this second part focuses on network-level mechanisms that generate emergent temperature response curves. We review deterministic models in which temperature modulates the kinetics of coupled biochemical reactions, as well as stochastic frameworks, such as Markov chains, that capture more complex multi-step processes. These approaches show how Arrhenius-like temperature dependence at the level of individual reactions is transformed into non-Arrhenius scaling, thermal limits, and temperature compensation at the system level. Together, network-level models provide a mechanistic bridge between empirical temperature response curves and the molecular organization of biological systems, giving us predictive insights into robustness, perturbations, and evolutionary constraints.
title Understanding the temperature response of biological systems: Part II -- Network-level mechanisms and emergent dynamics
topic Molecular Networks
Soft Condensed Matter
Statistical Mechanics
Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems
Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.03307