Question

Write the simple equation that describes the action of the enzyme catalase.

Answer 1

Here we have to write a simple equation which describes the action of the enzyme catalase.

The equation is: The concentration of the complex [ES] = $\frac{[E]0}{1+\frac{Km}{[S]} }$

Let us consider an enzyme catalyses reaction E + S ⇄ ES → E + P

Where E, S, ES and P are enzyme, substrate, complex and product respectively.

The concentration of the complex [ES] = $\frac{[E]0}{1+\frac{Km}{[S]} }$, where $K_{m}$ is the Michaelis constant.

[E]₀ and [S] is the initial concentration of enzyme and concentration of substrate respectively.