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Using 1.0 nM enzyme X for the enzyme kinetics experiments, you obtained the reaction rates at different concentrations of substrate (shown in the following table). Assume that the enzyme X follows a typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
[substrate] (μM) Reaction rate (μmol/s)
2 7
5 17
10 29
20 44
50 67
100 80
200 89
500 95
1000 98
a) Estimate the Vmax and Km values of the enzyme X in this reaction using the double reciprocal plot.
b) If 5.0 nM of the enzyme X is used in the experiment, what will be the Vmax and Km values of the enzyme X?