 Catalytic efficiency (source code)

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= Catalytic efficiency
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For simple Michaelis–Menten kinetics at low substrate concentration, $v/[E]\simeq(k_{\mathrm{cat}}/K_M)[S]$. This efficiency combines productive substrate capture and turnover; it should be interpreted with the assay conditions and mechanism.

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