Recent fluorescence spectroscopy measurements of the turnover time distribution of single-enzyme turnover kinetics of β-galactosidase provide evidence of Michaelis-Menten kinetics at low substrate concentration. However, at high substrate concentrations, the dimensionless variance of the turnover time distribution shows systematic deviations from the Michaelis-Menten prediction. This difference...

The metabolic conversion of morphine to morphine-6-glucuronide (M6G) seems to play a significant role in mediation of the clinical effect of morphine because of the superior analgesic effect of M6G. Therefore, it would be of great interest to clarify the specificity of morphine-6-glucuronidation by UDP glucuronosyltransferase (UGT) isozymes. We investigated the specificity of morphine-6-glucuro...

A Michaelis-Menten (MM)-like kinetic model for pulmonary clearance and retention of insoluble dusts was developed and validated by comparing our predictions with experimental data from F344 rats. Published data from inhalation studies involving accumulation and elimination of photocopy test toner, antimony trioxide, carbon black, and diesel exhaust particles were investigated. Numerical integra...

In a conformational nonequilibrium steady state (cNESS), enzyme turnover is modulated by the underlying conformational dynamics. On the basis of a discrete kinetic network model, we use an integrated probability flux balance method to derive the cNESS turnover rate for a conformation-modulated enzymatic reaction. The traditional Michaelis-Menten (MM) rate equation is extended to a generalized f...

In the case of a transport system obeying Michaelis-Menten kinetics, completely general relationships are shown to exist between the final ratio of internal and external substrate concentrations, alpha, and the V/Km ratios found in zero-trans-entry, zero-trans-exit and equilibrium-exchange experiments (where V is a maximum substrate flux and Km a substrate half-saturation constant). The proof d...

The action of a biosensor containing non Michaelis-Menten enzyme was modeled at mixed enzyme kinetics and external diffusion limitation in the case of substrate inhibition. The calculations show that at the electrode surface multi steady-state concentrations of substrate may be generated if diffusion module is much larger than 1 and the substrate bulk concentration is much bigger than Michaelis...

The kinetics of a very large NAD-dependent glutamate dehydrogenase from Janthinobacterium lividum showed positive cooperativity toward alpha-ketoglutarate and NADH, and the Michaelis-Menten type toward ammonium chloride in the absence of the catalytic activator, L-aspartate. An increase in the maximum activity accompanied the decrease in the S(0.5) values for alpha-ketoglutarate and NADH with t...

Many problems of enzyme kinetics can be described by a function known as the Michaelis-Menten (M-M) function. In this paper, motivated by the importance of Michaelis-Menten function in biochemistry and other biological phenomena, we have introduced a new class of generalized Pearson distribution arising from Michaelis-Menten function. Various properties of this distribution are derived, for exa...

The galacto-oligosaccharide synthesis by ?-galactosidase from Bacillus circulans is described mathematically using three kinetic models of different complexity – a simple power law approach, an extended Michaelis Menten kinetics and, in particular, advanced, innovative mechanistic model for biocatalysis. Based on detailed experimental study, comprehensive reaction network identified, and reliab...

The oxidation of alcohols, n-propanol, 2-methoxy ethanol and 2-ethoxy by cerium (IV) in nitric acid leads to the formation corresponding aldehydes. reaction is first order with respect Ce(IV). A Michaelis-Menten type kinetics observed alcohols. retarded initial [Ce(IV)] increase concentration oxidant. exhibits participation 2 mole 1 It has been concluded that Ce(IV)-dimer participate process fr...