Penicillinase, also known as ß-lactamase, is a bacterial enzyme that hydrolyzes and inactivates the antibiotic penicillin. Penicillinase follows simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics and reaches half its maximal rate of 6.8 × 10-10 µmol-min-¹ when the penicillin concentration is 5.2 × 10-6 M. What would happen to the initial reaction velocity, V₁, of penicillinase if the penicillin concentration were 10.4 × 10-6 M? Vo would be greater than Vmax- Vo would approach Vmax. Vo would exactly equal Vmax. Vo would equal half Vmax.

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Penicillinase, also known as ß-lactamase, is a bacterial enzyme that hydrolyzes and inactivates the antibiotic penicillin.
Penicillinase follows simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics and reaches half its maximal rate of 6.8 × 10-10 µmol- min¹ when the
penicillin concentration is 5.2 x 10-6 M.
What would happen to the initial reaction velocity, Vo, of penicillinase if the penicillin concentration were 10.4 x 10-6 M?
Ovo would be greater than Vmax.
Vo would approach Vmax.
O Vo would exactly equal Vmax
Vo would equal half Vmax -
Transcribed Image Text:Penicillinase, also known as ß-lactamase, is a bacterial enzyme that hydrolyzes and inactivates the antibiotic penicillin. Penicillinase follows simple Michaelis-Menten kinetics and reaches half its maximal rate of 6.8 × 10-10 µmol- min¹ when the penicillin concentration is 5.2 x 10-6 M. What would happen to the initial reaction velocity, Vo, of penicillinase if the penicillin concentration were 10.4 x 10-6 M? Ovo would be greater than Vmax. Vo would approach Vmax. O Vo would exactly equal Vmax Vo would equal half Vmax -
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