Table K₁ (T1) Vmax (T1) Kt (T2) Vmax (T2) 1.12 mM 125 nmole/min 3.0 mM 130 nmole/min Based on these values, what are your conclusions? None of the above. O T1 is most likely a cell that expresses a high affinity transporter for glucose. T2 is most likely a cell that expresses a high affinity transporter for glucose. T1 must be a cell expressing the insulin-dependent glucose transporter. Each transporter has a similar Vmax and therefore both T1 and T2 are the same cell type.


Enzyme kinetics studies the effect of the substrate concentration and other factors on the rate of the reaction. The effect can be plotted as the rate of the reaction versus the independent variable or the cause of the effect. There are different components of the kinetic graph. Vmax is the highest rate of reaction obtained in the study. It is represented as the mol/hr or min. The Km (Michaelis constant) represents the concentration of the substrate at which the rate of the reaction is half of the Vmax. The units of Km are molar or M. Ka or association constant is measure of binding affinity in terms of free and bound ligand, it does not consider the enzyme-ligand complex. Kd or dissociation constant is inverse of the Ka.
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