A plot of the reciprocal of velocity of an enzyme-catalysed reaction
(ordinate) versus the reciprocal of substrate concentration (abscissa). The plot is
used to graphically define the maximum velocity of an enzyme-catalysed reaction and
the
Michaelis constant for the enzyme.
Source:
PAC, 1994, 66, 2587
(Glossary of bioanalytical nomenclature - Part 1: General terminology, body fluids,
enzymology, immunology (IUPAC Recommendations 1994))
on page 2593
Cite as:
IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by
A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997).
XML on-line corrected version: http://goldbook.iupac.org (2006-) created by M. Nic,
J. Jirat, B. Kosata; updates compiled by A. Jenkins. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8.
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
