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The article is devoted to the study of the following mixed boundary value problem of hyperbolic type in \(\Pi = \{(x,t)\mid 0 < x < 1,\;t > 0\}\): \[ \begin{gathered}\alpha u_t + \gamma u_x = \beta (v -u) + \alpha\left(f(c) - (1 + f(c))u\right),\\ (1 - \alpha)v_t - \gamma v_x = \beta(v - u) + (1-\alpha)\left(f(c) - (1 + f(c))v\right),\\ u (0,t)= v(0,t),\quad u(h,t) = v(h,t),\\ u(x,0) = u_0(x), \quad v(x,0) = v_0(x),\quad 0\leq u_0,\;v_0 \leq 1,\\ dc/dx = - f(c)(\alpha(1 - u) + (1 -\alpha)(1 - v)),\quad \left. c\right|_{x=0} = c_0.\end{gathered} \] This system describes the one-dimensional nonstationary mathematical model of a chemical transformation of a substance \(A\) into a substance \(B\) in the boiling layer of a catalyst. Here \(c(x,t)\) is the concentration of the substance \(A\), \(u(x,t)\) and \(v(x,t)\) are the concentrations of the substance \(A\) on particles of the catalyst which move upward and downward, respectively. The function \(f(c)\) characterizes the velocity of a chemical reaction and is an increasing continuous function such that \(f(c) = 0\) for \(c \leq 0\) and \(f(c) > 0\) for \(c > 0\). The quantities \(0 < \alpha < 1\), \(\beta > 0\), \(\gamma > 0\) are the parameters of the model. The aim of the present article is to prove the global existence and uniqueness of a smooth solution to the problem. The crucial step is to establish an existence and uniqueness result to a mixed problem for the following linearized system: \[ u_t+\gamma\alpha^{-1}u_x=\beta\alpha^{-1}(v - u)+g(x,t)-(1+g(x,t))u, \] \[ v_t-\gamma(1-\alpha)^{-1}v_x=\beta(1-\alpha)^{-1}(u - v)+g(x,t)-(1 + g(x,t))v. \] For the entire collection see [Zbl 1007.00016].