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Offline spirochete

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More Michaelis-Menten- Kcat question
« on: October 21, 2008, 10:10:37 PM »
Why do we need the total enzyme concentration to find Kcat?

Kcat=Vmax/[Et]

Vmax=K2[Et]

Doesn't this cancel out so that Kcat=K2?  My book says this definition is an approximation, but if that's the case doesn't the first definition also have to be an approximation? 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kcat#Michaelis.E2.80.93Menten_kinetics
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Re: More Michaelis-Menten- Kcat question
« Reply #1 on: October 21, 2008, 10:21:51 PM »
k2 and kcat are two different names same thing, the rate constant for conversion of the enzyme-substrate complex to enzyme + product.
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