An easy procedure to transform the ratio of two polynomials of first degree into Michaelis-Menten-type equations. Application to the ordered Uni Bi enzyme mechanism

• Type: Article in International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2000

Authors

fontes, r (Author) FMUP; Ribeiro, JM (Author) Other; Sillero, A (Author) Other

Journal

Title: Acta Biochimica Polonica

Vol. 47

Pages: 259-268

ISSN: 0001-527X

Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Biochemiczne

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Authenticus ID: P-007-8YH

Abstract (EN): It is not always clear that some equations affected by complicated factors can, actually, be interpreted as a ratio of two polynomials of first degree and so that they can be, in general, represented by rectangular hyperbolas. In this paper we present an easy procedure to rearrange those equations into Michaelis-Menten-type equations and so to make the aspects of these rectangular hyperbolas more clear, particularly for researchers familiar with general biochemistry. As an example, the method is applied to transform the classical rate equation of the Cleland 's Ordered Uni Bi enzyme mechanism.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific