Calculate Vmax Al Martini is an alcoholic drinking heavily at a wedding party. After having several large drinks of vodka (40% ethanol) with a little bit of cherry juice, Al crashed into the wedding cake and spilled his drink on the cake. After the accident, he was promptly escorted to a private room to rest. Calculate Vmax of the alcohol dehydrogenase-2 in Al's liver if you know that 1) Km of his alcohol dehydrogenase- 2= 11 mmol/L, 2) the rate of ethanol oxidation was 2 µmol/min, and 3) the concentration of ethanol in his liver cells was 5 mmol/L at the time while he was resting after the crash with the wedding cake.

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Al Martini is an alcoholic drinking heavily at a wedding party. After having several large drinks of vodka (40%
ethanol) with a little bit of cherry juice, Al crashed into the wedding cake and spilled his drink on the cake. After
the accident, he was promptly escorted to a private room to rest.
Calculate Vmax of the alcohol dehydrogenase-2 in Al's liver if you know that 1) Km of his alcohol dehydrogenase-
2 = 11 mmol/L, 2) the rate of ethanol oxidation was 2 µmol/min, and 3) the concentration of ethanol in his liver
cells was 5 mmol/L at the time while he was resting after the crash with the wedding cake.
Transcribed Image Text:Calculate Vmax Al Martini is an alcoholic drinking heavily at a wedding party. After having several large drinks of vodka (40% ethanol) with a little bit of cherry juice, Al crashed into the wedding cake and spilled his drink on the cake. After the accident, he was promptly escorted to a private room to rest. Calculate Vmax of the alcohol dehydrogenase-2 in Al's liver if you know that 1) Km of his alcohol dehydrogenase- 2 = 11 mmol/L, 2) the rate of ethanol oxidation was 2 µmol/min, and 3) the concentration of ethanol in his liver cells was 5 mmol/L at the time while he was resting after the crash with the wedding cake.
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