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Enzyme Kinetics

Michaelis - Menten model - Effect of substrate concentration

` S + E   ⇄   ES   →   P + E   ;   v = (d[P])/dt `

v
[S]

Type some values:

Km = mM

Vmax = µM min−1

Activities

  1. If Km has a 5 mM value, how much substrate is needed to reach 90% of maximum velocity?
    4 mM 5 mM 50 mM 150 mM
  2. If Km has a 5 mM value, how much substrate is needed to reach 90% of maximum velocity?
    1.5 mM 2 mM 6 mM 20 mM
  3. For a given substrate concentration, an increase in Km may be interpreted as
    an increase a decrease
    in enzyme efficiency
  4. Two isoenzymes have Km of 3 mM and 30 mM. Which one will be more sensitive to fluctuations in substrate between 20 and 30 mM?
    the one with lower Km the one with higher Km