A research group discovered a new enzyme happyase that catal
 A research group discovered a new enzyme happyase that catalyzes chemical reaction
 Sad_student <-> Happy_student
Researchers characterized this enzyme and found that at [Etotal]=10nM, this enzyme has a Vmax at 2.5 microM/s. it was also experimentally measured that at [Sad_student]=0.05 mM this enzyme has V0=500 nM/s. what are the
 kcat and Km of the happyase enzyme? Include units of measure.
Solution
Michaelis and Menten reaction is given by
Vo= Vmax[S]/Km + [S]
Km + [S] = Vmax[S]/Vo
Km = (Vmax[S]/Vo) – [S]
2500*0.05/500 – 0.05
Km = 0.2 sec-1
Vo =kcat[Et][S]/Km
kcat = Vo Km/[Et][S]
500*0.2/10*0.05
kcat = 200 Sec-1

