1. Plot the data below using the Michaelis-Menten equation for a saturating hyperbola and estimate the parameters Vmax and K1/2 from the curve.
2. Plot 1/v against 1/Nutrient concentration and use that transform to estimate Vmax and K1/2
Note: Different students in the class have recieved slight different versions of this data set via email. You can use the data table from your email of the one below.
nutrient | v-observed |
0 | 0.00 |
2 | 1.62 |
4 | 2.79 |
6 | 3.69 |
8 | 4.24 |
10 | 4.69 |
15 | 5.40 |
20 | 6.08 |
30 | 7.27 |
50 | 8.31 |
75 | 8.00 |
100 | 8.34 |