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Past exam of the biochemistry and Molecular Biology course of the University of Cambridge 2025 Paper 2 Section B 11 f Solution by
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For the Hanes-Woolf plot, the slope is , the vertical intercept is , and the horizontal intercept is . The lines have approximately equal slopes, . The dashed TEM-1 line intercepts the vertical axis at about , while the dotted TEM-52 line intercepts it at about . ThusThe negative-axis intercepts independently give approximately and . Allow normal graph-reading uncertainty, especially at the smaller intercept. The limiting rates are similar; the Michaelis constant is substantially lower for TEM-52. A Michaelis constant is not generally a binding dissociation constant, and calculating a turnover number additionally requires the concentration of active enzyme.
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