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Question restated
Category: Science > Biology Asked by: tedmccall-ga List Price: $4.00 |
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17 Nov 2004 17:19 PST
Expires: 17 Dec 2004 17:19 PST Question ID: 430396 |
Okay, you said to rewrite the question about Km and Vmax. Please make the answer easier to understand. I want Km and Vmax easier to understand. See if you can make real easy to understand. This is the response to the question you wanted me to restate. Please make the answer really simlpe to understand. Ted. |
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Re: Question restated
From: pinkfreud-ga on 17 Nov 2004 18:24 PST |
Note to Researchers: This appears to be in reference to this question: http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=429901 |
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Re: Question restated
From: zn833-ga on 18 Nov 2004 09:47 PST |
First of all, Km and Vmax are properties that are used to describe the kinetics of enzymes. Simply stated Vmax is the is maximum rate (v) at which an enzyme can convert substrate to product. At this point the active sites of all the enzymes are saturated with substrate, so adding more substrate won't make the reaction go any faster. Km, or the Michaelis-Menten constant, is a dissociation constant. Therefor, it is the concentration of substrate at which 1/2 of the enzyme is bound to substrate. Likewise it is also the concentration of substrate at which the reaction rate is 1/2 Vmax. Typically Km is used as a relative measure of the enzymes affinity for its substrate, with a lower Km meaning that the enzyme likes to bind substrate better. |
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Re: Question restated
From: pforcelli-ga on 22 Nov 2004 13:45 PST |
Km more specifically is the rate at which the enzyme and substrate disassociate (without forming a product) plus the rate at which they dissasociate and form a product over the rate at which they enzyme and substrate form the Enzyme-substrate complex. |
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Re: Question restated
From: robd1752-ga on 29 Nov 2004 08:40 PST |
You did say really simple to understand, so try this: Vmax is the theoretical maximum rate of catalysis of the enzyme, if all active sites were always occupied. It is impossible in practice, but can be calculated from experimental data. Km is basically a measure of the affinity of the enzyme for its substrate. In practical terms, Km is the substrate concentration required to reach 50% of Vmax. I saw your other question, and these figures can be useful in protein purification for determining the purity and quality of the enzyme you have purified. |
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