Lecture

Enzyme Kinetics: Affinity, Efficiency, and Inhibition

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This lecture covers the meaning of Km as an indicator of enzyme-substrate affinity, the variability of Km among enzymes, the concept of Vmax and turnover number kcat, the specificity constant kcat/Km for evaluating catalytic efficiency, and the types of enzyme inhibition including competitive, non-competitive, uncompetitive, irreversible, suicide, and transition-state analogs.

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