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mRNA Capping Kinetics 2D: Cap0/Cap1 Formation vs Degradation Race

Interactive 2D reactor and stripchart of mRNA molecules racing through the co-transcriptional capping pathway: tune the capping enzyme, the 2'-O-methyltransferase, the exonuclease degradation rate, temperature and batch size, and watch the Cap0/Cap1/degraded fractions evolve live.

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Every mRNA molecule leaving in-vitro transcription runs a race: the capping enzyme and 2'-O-methyltransferase must convert it to translation-competent, immune-silent Cap1 before an exonuclease chews it up. This 2D simulator drops a batch of individually-tracked mRNA particles into a flat reactor, gives each one its own continuous-time Markov trajectory through Uncapped → Cap0 → Cap1 (or → Degraded), and pairs the reactor view with a live stripchart of population fractions so you can watch how the capping rate, the methyltransferase rate, the degradation rate, temperature and batch size turn rate constants into batch-release-quality Cap1 yield.

⚙ Under the hood

A 2D reactor of individually-tracked mRNA molecules races through the co-transcriptional capping pathway (Cap0 then Cap1) while a competing exonuclease degrades whatever is still uncapped, pairing a pannable/zoomable particle view with a live population stripchart so you can tune enzyme rates, temperature and batch size and watch how GMP process parameters set batch Cap1 yield.

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2D · HTML5 Canvas 2D · 60 FPS target · runs fully client-side, no install