Abstract: We discussed a class of Schnakenberg models with homogeneous Neumann boundary conditions in view of the periodic oscillation phenomenon in biochemical reactions. By using the  methods of Hopf bifurcating theory, center manifold theory, normal form method and perturbation theory, we gave  the existence, stability and Turing instability of the Hopf bifurcating periodic solutions of the reaction-diffusion Schnakenberg system.

Key words: Schnakenberg model, spatially homogeneous periodic solution, Hopf bifurcation, Turing instability