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Enzyme Kinetic Measurements Performed On BMG LABTECH´s FLUOstar OPTIMA
April 15, 2010
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•Poster: Enzyme Kinetic Measurements Performed On BMG LABTECH´s FLUOstar OPTIMA
•Poster: Enzyme Kinetic Measurements Performed On BMG LABTECH´s FLUOstar OPTIMA
By BMG LABTECH
Esterases catalyze hydrolysis reactions by converting esters into an acid and an alcohol using water as nucleophil. Therefore, esterases belong to the enzyme group of hydrolases. They are often used as biocatalysts to produce optically pure compounds.
Esterases differ in their affinity to specific substrates and this affinity is represented by the Michaelis-Menten constant Km. It describes the affinity of an enzyme to a substrate. Km is equivalent to the substrate concentration at which the reaction velocity is half of the maximal velocity. That means that a high affinity to a substrate leads to a small Km-value and vice-versa.
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