
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 |