Enzyme kinetics at high enzyme concentration
Enzyme kinetics at high enzyme concentration
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DOI:
10.1006/bulm.1999.0163
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发表时间:
2000-05
影响因子:
3.5
通讯作者:
S. Schnell;P. Maini
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作者:
S. Schnell;P. Maini
We re-visit previous analyses of the classical Michaelis-Menten substrate-enzyme reaction and, with the aid of the reverse quasi-steady-state assumption, we challenge the approximation d[C]/dt ≈ 0 for the basic enzyme reaction at high enzyme concentration. For the first time, an approximate solution for the concentrations of the reactants uniformly valid in time is reported. Numerical simulations are presented to verify this solution. We show that an analytical approximation can be found for the reactants for each initial condition using the appropriate quasi-steady-state assumption. An advantage of the present formalism is that it provides a new procedure for fitting experimental data to determine reaction constants. Finally, a new necessary criterion is found that ensures the validity of the reverse quasi-steady-state assumption. This is verified numerically.