MKM,theMichaelisconstant,isameasureofanenzyme’sefficiencyandisthesubstrateconcentrationthathasareactionratehalfthe V{max}.</p></li></ul><h4id="9fa96c89−e2f3−47fb−b868−05ca25afa3ec"data−toc−id="9fa96c89−e2f3−47fb−b868−05ca25afa3ec"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Michaelis−Menten</h4><ul><li><p>Whenthesubstrateconcentrationisoftenmuchhigherthanenzymeconcentrations,i.e.,thesubstrateisinexcess,wecandescribethereactionintwosteps:</p><ul><li><p>EandSformtheintermediateES(k_1)–thisisreversible.</p></li><li><p>ESisthemostpopulousform.</p></li><li><p>ESreactsandproducesP(andreleasesE)inanon−reversiblereaction(k_2).</p></li></ul></li><li><p>E + S \rightleftharpoons ES \rightarrow E + Pwithrateconstantsk1,k{-1},andk_2.</p></li></ul><h4id="a07c3837−2855−4577−8155−a55121a33ecb"data−toc−id="a07c3837−2855−4577−8155−a55121a33ecb"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Michaelis−MentenEquation</h4><ul><li><p>Intermsofenzymekinetics,theMichaelis–Mentenequationdescribestherateoftheenzymaticreaction:</p><ul><li><p>TheformationofPisafirst−orderreaction.</p></li><li><p>Therateofproductformationcanbeexpressedas:ν = \frac{Δ[P]}{Δt} = k2[ES].∗TherateofESproductionisthedifferencebetweentherateofk1,andofk{-1}andk2:\frac{Δ[ES]}{Δt} = k1[E][S] - k{-1}[ES] - k_2[ES].</p></li></ul></li></ul><h4id="ace70177−529d−4f22−9b7d−fd7c86363bc4"data−toc−id="ace70177−529d−4f22−9b7d−fd7c86363bc4"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Michaelis−MentenAssumptions</h4><ul><li><p>TheMichaelis–Mentenequationrequirestwoassumptions:</p><ul><li><p><strong>Equilibrium</strong>:k{-1} >> k2,sothefirststepofthereactionreachesequilibrium,whereKSisthedissociationconstantofthefirststepinthereaction:KS = \frac{k{-1}}{k1} = \frac{[E][S]}{[ES]}.</p></li><li><p><strong>Steadystate</strong>:therateofESformation=therateofESdissociation:\frac{Δ[ES]}{Δt} = 0.</p></li></ul></li></ul><h4id="64ba1dbe−0f17−4a0b−84a0−7bb5c0deac7f"data−toc−id="64ba1dbe−0f17−4a0b−84a0−7bb5c0deac7f"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–KMMichaelisConstant</h4><ul><li><p>[ET] = [E] + [ES]and[E] = [ET] - [ES].</p></li><li><p>Assumingsteady−stateconditions:k1 [E][S] = k{-1}[ES] + k_2[ES].</p></li><li><p>Consideringtheabove:([ET] - [ES])[S] = \frac{k{-1} + k2}{k1} [ES].</p></li></ul><h4id="19ac7328−2065−4a84−a43e−ad1cb6218779"data−toc−id="19ac7328−2065−4a84−a43e−ad1cb6218779"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–KMMichaelisConstant(cont.)</h4><ul><li><p>K_Mistheconcentrationofsubstrateatwhichtherateishalfthemaximalrate.</p></li><li><p>KM = \frac{V{max}}{2} = \frac{k{-1} + k2}{k_1}.</p></li><li><p>KMisrelatedtotheaffinityofanenzymeforasubstrate;thehighertheKM,thelowertheaffinity.</p></li><li><p>K_Misnotaffectedbythe[E].</p></li><li><p>Itdependsbothontheenzymeandthesubstrate.</p></li><li><p>Reactionconditions,suchastemperatureandpH,canalsoaffectK_M.</p></li></ul><h4id="7214a0f8−633c−4ccb−ab99−76087f1803ca"data−toc−id="7214a0f8−633c−4ccb−ab99−76087f1803ca"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Michaelis−MentenEquation(cont.)</h4><ul><li><p>TheMichaelis–Mentenequationisusedtocalculatethereactionrateofproductformation:ν = \frac{Δ[P]}{Δt} = k_2[ES].</p></li><li><p>ConsideringKM = \frac{([ET] - [ES])[S]}{[ES]} = \frac{k{-1} + k2}{k_1}.</p></li><li><p>Wecanrearrangeandsolvefor[ES],giving:[ES] = \frac{[ET][S]}{KM + [S]}.</p></li></ul><h4id="c2a843c8−57f8−481c−be45−a11e907eb7d2"data−toc−id="c2a843c8−57f8−481c−be45−a11e907eb7d2"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Michaelis−MentenEquation(InitialVelocity)</h4><ul><li><p>Fortheinitialvelocityofareaction,whichwemeasureexperimentally:</p><ul><li><p>Theinitialratedependson[E]and[S].</p></li><li><p>TheinitialratedoesNOTincreaseindefinitelywith[S]buttailsofftoamaximum.</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Formostenzymaticreactions,themaximumrateV{max}(when[S] >> KM)istherefore:V{max} = k2[E_T].</p></li><li><p>Therefore,theMichaelis−Mentenequationis:νo = \frac{Δ[P]}{Δt} = k2[ES] = \frac{k2[ET][S]}{KM + [S]} = \frac{V{max}[S]}{K_M + [S]}.</p></li></ul><h4id="8f8cfc38−5cba−4160−ad96−a16a33852d4b"data−toc−id="8f8cfc38−5cba−4160−ad96−a16a33852d4b"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–KMMichaelisConstant(DissociationofESComplex)</h4><ul><li><p>K_MisalsothedissociationoftheEScomplex.</p></li><li><p>Whenk2isnegligible([P]negligible):KM = \frac{k{-1} + k2}{k1} ≈ \frac{k{-1}}{k1} = KS.</p></li></ul><h4id="fb3c2438−cde8−4f1c−8131−06a3503c8af3"data−toc−id="fb3c2438−cde8−4f1c−8131−06a3503c8af3"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–CatalyticEfficiency</h4><ul><li><p>KMcanalsobeusedtocalculatethecatalyticefficiency,calledthespecificityconstant,k{cat}/K_M.</p><ul><li><p>Thenumberofcatalyzedreactionsperactivesiteperunittime.</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Rearranging,k{cat}isequivalenttok2insimplereactions:k{cat} = \frac{V{max}}{[E_T]}.</p></li><li><p>k_{cat}doesnotchange.</p></li><li><p>Catalyticefficiencyislimitedbydiffusion.</p></li><li><p>Thus,akineticallyperfectenzymehasanupperlimitofk{cat}/KM(108or109).</p></li></ul><h4id="00f3c451−1da9−4bff−aa03−6ddef1c20771"data−toc−id="00f3c451−1da9−4bff−aa03−6ddef1c20771"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Lineweaver−BurkPlot</h4><ul><li><p>TheLineweaver−Burkplotgivesacommongraphtypethatallowseasycalculationofenzymekineticparameters(y = mx + c).</p></li><li><p>Thex−interceptisequivalentto\frac{-1}{K_M}.</p></li><li><p>They−interceptisequivalentto\frac{1}{V_{max}}.</p></li><li><p>Thegradientisequivalentto\frac{KM}{V{max}}.</p></li><li><p>Disadvantage:small[S]valuesdominatetheplot,whichmayresultinlessaccuratemeasurements.</p></li></ul><h4id="4001682a−df39−4616−94cf−275954bffccf"data−toc−id="4001682a−df39−4616−94cf−275954bffccf"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–Inhibition</h4><ul><li><p>Enzymeinhibitorsareanimportantclassofdrugsforarangeofdiseases.</p></li><li><p>Severalclassesexistthatfunctionindifferentways:</p><ul><li><p>Competitiveinhibitors</p></li><li><p>Non−competitiveinhibitors</p></li><li><p>Uncompetitiveinhibitors</p></li></ul></li><li><p>Eachinhibitortypeaffectsthereactionkineticsdifferently.</p></li><li><p>Inhibitorscanbereversible,irreversible,orcovalent.</p></li></ul><h4id="e6eeda45−63da−4fa7−9745−d65bda67b96a"data−toc−id="e6eeda45−63da−4fa7−9745−d65bda67b96a"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–CompetitiveInhibition</h4><ul><li><p>Competitiveinhibitioninvolvesinhibitorbindingatanenzyme’sactivesite.</p></li><li><p>Thispreventsthebindingofthesubstrate.</p></li><li><p>Increasing[S]canovercomethiskindofinhibition.</p></li><li><p>Kinetically,KMincreases,andV{max}doesnotchange.</p></li><li><p>Kiisthedissociationconstantforinhibition:Ki = \frac{[E][I]}{[EI]}.</p></li></ul><h4id="ec3739b9−dc6d−4eaa−9b7a−38eb60f348a5"data−toc−id="ec3739b9−dc6d−4eaa−9b7a−38eb60f348a5"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–CompetitiveInhibition(Lineweaver−Burk)</h4><ul><li><p>Lineweaver−BurkplotscanbeusedtocalculateK_i.</p></li><li><p>Here,thegradientisequalto\frac{αKM}{V{max}}.</p></li><li><p>KicanbecalculatedbytheapparentKMusingtheequation:K{M}^{app} = αKM.</p></li><li><p>αiscalculatedby:α = 1 + \frac{[I]}{K_i}.</p></li></ul><h4id="0f09a4df−5c1e−4ebb−9e3e−78f289cb98a6"data−toc−id="0f09a4df−5c1e−4ebb−9e3e−78f289cb98a6"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–UncompetitiveInhibition</h4><ul><li><p>Uncompetitiveinhibitioninvolvestheinhibitorbindingtotheenzyme−substratecomplex.</p></li><li><p>Theydonotbindtofreeenzyme.</p></li><li><p>Increasing[S]cannotovercomethiskindofinhibition.</p></li><li><p>Kinetically,bothKMandV{max}decrease.</p></li><li><p>K'iisthedissociationconstantforinhibition:K'i = \frac{[ES][I]}{[ESI]}.</p></li></ul><h4id="ea4f3dc8−a806−4714−a5b5−c587754142ea"data−toc−id="ea4f3dc8−a806−4714−a5b5−c587754142ea"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–UncompetitiveInhibition(Lineweaver−Burk)</h4><ul><li><p>Lineweaver−BurkplotscanbeusedtocalculateK'_i.</p></li><li><p>Here,thegradientisequalto\frac{KM}{V{max}}.</p></li><li><p>KicanbecalculatedbytheapparentKMusingtheequation:K{M}^{app} = \frac{KM}{α'}.</p></li><li><p>α'iscalculatedby:α' = 1 + \frac{[I]}{K'_i}.</p></li></ul><h4id="9e74d047−efaf−440e−a5d1−6dae02400ab4"data−toc−id="9e74d047−efaf−440e−a5d1−6dae02400ab4"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–MixedorNon−competitiveInhibition</h4><ul><li><p>Mixedinhibitionaffectsbothsubstratebindingandcatalyticactivity.</p></li><li><p>Bothenzymeandenzyme−substratecomplexcanbebound.</p></li><li><p>Increasing[S]cannotovercomethiskindofinhibition.</p></li><li><p>Kinetically,KMdoesnotchange,andV{max}decreases.</p></li><li><p>KiandK'iarethedissociationconstantsforinhibition:</p><ul><li><p>K'_i = \frac{[ES][I]}{[ESI]}</p></li><li><p>K_i = \frac{[E][I]}{[EI]}</p></li></ul></li></ul><h4id="00f8a812−2380−4313−8c22−99b9fe9bd8c5"data−toc−id="00f8a812−2380−4313−8c22−99b9fe9bd8c5"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–MixedorNon−competitiveInhibition(Lineweaver−Burk)</h4><ul><li><p>Lineweaver−BurkplotscanbeusedtocalculateK_i.</p></li><li><p>Here,thegradientisequalto\frac{αKM}{V{max}}.</p></li><li><p>KiandK'icanbecalculatedbytheapparentK_Musingtheequations:</p><ul><li><p>α' = 1 + \frac{[I]}{K'_i}</p></li><li><p>α = 1 + \frac{[I]}{K_i}</p></li></ul></li></ul><h4id="193b0d00−72bc−449d−811b−d2cc6915da23"data−toc−id="193b0d00−72bc−449d−811b−d2cc6915da23"collapsed="false"seolevelmigrated="true">Enzymes–InhibitionTypes</h4><ul><li><p><strong>Competitive</strong>:V{max}unchanged,KMincreased</p></li><li><p><strong>Non−competitive</strong>:V{max}decreased,KMunchanged</p></li><li><p><strong>Uncompetitive</strong>:BothV{max} & KM$$ decreased