Match the symbol on the left with its description on the right
A) y-intercept of a Lineweaver–Burk plot
B) turnover number
C) Michaelis–Menten constant
D) maximum velocity
E) substrate concentration
F) slope of a Michaelis–Menten plot
1) Km
2) kcat
3) Vmax
4) [S]
5) Km/Vmax
6) 1/Vmax
Answers: 1) C 2) B 3) D 4) E 5) F 6) A
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