This model represents a glycolysis inspired pathway (the upper part of the glycolysis) with different physiological constraints on enzyme synthesis as described in Bartl et al.. A specific enzyme, here denoted by $u$, usually catalyses a metabolic reaction, expressed in terms of the stoichiometric matrix and the metabolites, here denoted by $x$: The dynamical model can be written as a system of differential equations:
$$\begin{align*}
\dot{x}_1 &= - \dfrac{k_1x_1}{x_1+k_M}u_1 \\
\dot{x}_2 &= \dfrac{k_1x_1}{x_1+k_M}u_1 - \dfrac{k_2x_2}{x_2+k_M}u_2 \\
\dot{x}_3 &= \dfrac{k_2x_2}{x_2+k_M}u_2 - \dfrac{k_3x_3}{x_3+k_M}u_3 \\
\dot{x}_4 &= \dfrac{k_2x_2}{x_2+k_M}u_2 + \dfrac{k_3x_3}{x_3+k_M}u_3- \dfrac{k_4x_4}{x_4+k_M}u_4 \\
\dot{x}_5 &= \dfrac{k_4x_4}{x_4+k_M}u_4
\end{align*}$$
with $x_1(0)=S_1$, $x_2(0) = S_2$, $x_3(0) = S_3$, $x_4(0) = S_4$, $x_5(0)=S_5.$ The model is considered to be fully observable, i.e., $y_1=x_1$, $y_2=x_2$, $y_3=x_3$, $y_4=x_4$, $y_5=x_5$, and $u_1,u_2,u_3,u_4$ are independent variables.