Michaelis–Menten enzyme kinetics (reaction rate)
Description
Michaelis–Menten kinetics is one of the best-known models of enzyme kinetics.The model takes the form of an equation describing the rate of enzymatic reactions, by relating reaction rate to the concentration of a substrate.
Related formulasVariables
| v | Reaction rate (dimensionless) |
| Vmax | Maximum rate (dimensionless) |
| S | Substrate concentration [S] (dimensionless) |
| Km | Michaelis constant (the substrate concentration at which the reaction rate is at half-maximum) (dimensionless) |