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