G growingpains Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 22, 2011 Messages 57 Reaction score 0 Mar 28, 2012 #1 nvm Members don't see this ad.
MedPR Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 1, 2011 Messages 18,579 Reaction score 57 Mar 28, 2012 #2 growingpains said: Could someone explain to me why the y-intercept is 1/Vmax and the x-intercept is -1/Km. Thanks! Click to expand... Michaelis menten equation is: v=Vmax/Km+ The lineweaver-burke plot is the inverse. 1/v=Km+ / (Vmax) rewrite this in the form y=mx+b and you get. 1/V = (Km/Vmax)(1/) + 1/Vmax Upvote 0 Downvote
growingpains said: Could someone explain to me why the y-intercept is 1/Vmax and the x-intercept is -1/Km. Thanks! Click to expand... Michaelis menten equation is: v=Vmax/Km+ The lineweaver-burke plot is the inverse. 1/v=Km+ / (Vmax) rewrite this in the form y=mx+b and you get. 1/V = (Km/Vmax)(1/) + 1/Vmax
G growingpains Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 22, 2011 Messages 57 Reaction score 0 Mar 28, 2012 #3 Thanks. All this MCAT studying is making me forget basic algebra. Upvote 0 Downvote
MedPR Membership Revoked Removed 10+ Year Member Joined Dec 1, 2011 Messages 18,579 Reaction score 57 Mar 28, 2012 #4 growingpains said: Thanks. All this MCAT studying is making me forget basic algebra. Click to expand... Yea it's easy to get away from the basic concepts, especially in bio when you aren't thinking of math at all. Upvote 0 Downvote
growingpains said: Thanks. All this MCAT studying is making me forget basic algebra. Click to expand... Yea it's easy to get away from the basic concepts, especially in bio when you aren't thinking of math at all.