Michaelis and Menten Assumed That the Overall Reaction for an Enzyme-Catalyzed

question 52

Multiple Choice

Michaelis and Menten assumed that the overall reaction for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction could be written as: Using this reaction, the rate of breakdown of the enzyme-substrate complex can be described by the expression:

• A) k₁ ([E_t] - [ES]).
• B) k₁ ([E_t] - [ES])[S].
• C) k₂ [ES].
• D) k_-1 [ES] + k₂ [ES].
• E) k_-1 [ES].

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