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Hi. I am attempting to determine the Kinetic parameters of glucose oxidase, specifically max velocity and MM-Constant. I have already conducted an experiment using a colorimetric assay added to different concentrations of glucose along an electron donor (2'-2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenz-thiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS)), and a spectrometer to determine the absorption (which should be linear to the concentration of the colorimetric assay). I am attempting to compare my derived max velocity and MM-Constant in literature.

I had assumed it would be trivial. It was not. So far, I have exhausted the methods I know to locate information on the max velocity and MM-constant. Searching for academic literature or technical documentation on Google, Google Scholar, IEEE XPlore has yielded me many other elements in glucose oxidase, but not max velocity and MM-Constant. Going through the datasheets of glucose oxidase from suppliers such as Sigma-Aldritch fails to provide me with the numbers. I don't know what other avenues I should explore, so I've come here.  :)
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Citizen Chemist / Re: cyanuric acid home use?
« Last post by pcm81 on April 15, 2024, 02:48:15 PM »
Mix it with lime and use it as fertilizer. Source for Nitrogen.
That qualifies as tossing it in my book. Strategically, into certain locations, but still tossing it.
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Citizen Chemist / Re: cyanuric acid home use?
« Last post by Hunter2 on April 15, 2024, 01:47:11 PM »
Mix it with lime and use it as fertilizer. Source for Nitrogen.
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Undergraduate General Chemistry Forum / De-Broglie Energy questions
« Last post by tinypeach on April 15, 2024, 01:33:03 PM »
Hi Chemistry Forums,

I'm stuck on some energy calculations for different types of particles and waves. I've attached the questions and my answers. But I have no idea how to tackle the last question since I've only been given a temperature and no assigned wavelength. I assume there's an equation that includes temperature that I can apply here, but I'm not sure which.

Could anyone help me, please?
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Citizen Chemist / cyanuric acid home use?
« Last post by pcm81 on April 15, 2024, 01:31:47 PM »
I have about 15 pounds of cyanuric acid left from a year ago adjusting my pools chlorine stabilizer levels after a refill. Is there anything fun / useful i can use it for around the house or should i just toss it? I do occasionally use acids like ascorbic, citric, phosphoric, sulfuric, etc for cleaning or plating; so not a stranger to acids, but am not sure about this one...
Thanks ahead
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(do acids protonate themselves?)

That's not the answer to your specific question, but in general - yes, they do. The simplest example (and the one you are aware of, you probably just never thought about it this way) is

H2O + H2O :lequil: H3O- + OH-

but it works very similarly for many other acids. The ion product for acetic acid is 10-15.6, which is in the same ballpark as ion product for water.
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To start, I’m sorry that I can’t add any images - I’m on mobile and can’t figure out how to add one. Basically, my professor wants us to propose a mechanism for reacting diethyl malonate with HONO to form an oxime (so the oxime is on the alpha carbon and the rest of the molecule is the same). The first mechanism I did was:

1. HONO forms the nitrosonium ion (gets protonated by H3O+)
2. The carbonyl on diethyl malonate tautomerizes to the enol
3. The electrons from that double bond attach to the N in nitrosonium, the carbonyl reforms, and the electrons from the N-O+ triple bond go to the O
4. The nitroso O gets protonated
5. H2O takes the H from the alpha carbon, those electrons form the C=N bond, and the electrons in the N=O bond go to the O.

The problem is, I was just using a generic H3O+ because every mechanism I have seen for the formation of nitrosonium uses a stronger acid to protonate HONO. Specifically, I’ve mostly seen NaNO2 and HCl used. But my professor said we’re not allowed to use anything other than HONO - so no stronger acid, and no water, either. So my questions are:

1. Is this even the right track for this mechanism?
2. Does the nitrosonium ion form when just HONO is present (do acids protonate themselves?)
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Then make a new Standard.
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UPDATE:  As it turned out, someone in a previous semester mixed the standard Fe solution wrong, so the concentration isn't 10 mg/L we don't know what it is. 
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Organic Chemistry Forum / Re: torasemide
« Last post by Babcock_Hall on April 15, 2024, 09:47:05 AM »
I would also highly recommend PubMed for searching the biochemistry literature.
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