BCH 4053--General Biochemistry I--Spring 2003

 

Group Problem 4 Solution

Cover Sheet

Calculated data:

1/[S]

M-1

1/v no inhibitor

min/mmol

1/v inhibitor A

min/mmol

1/v inhibitor B

min/mmol

 0.20 x 104

 0.80

 1.35

 2.08

 0.40 x 104

 1.15

 2.22

 3.03

 0.59 x 104

 1.49

 3.13

 4.00

 0.83 x 104

 1.85

 4.00

 5.00

 1.00 x 104

 2.22

 4.76

 5.88

Calculated Results:

Plot

Km

Vmax

Lineweaver-Burk

 4.0 x 10-4 M

2.2 mmol/min 

Hanes-Wolff

  3.8 x 10-4 M

2.2 mmol/min   

Eadie-Hofstee

  3.8 x 10-4 M

2.2 mmol/min   

Cornish Bowden

  3.7 x 10-4 M

2.1 mmol/min   

Inhibitor classification:              

Inhibitor A  Competitive (within experimental error)

Inhibitor B Pure non-competitive (within experimental error)

 

Kinetic Plots

Cornish Bowden Plot of Kinetic Data

Kinetic Data:

v

[S]

mmol/min-mg

M x 104

   

1.25

5

0.87

2.5

0.67

1.7

0.54

1.2

0.45

1

Plot each data set as a separate line with a y intercept of v, and an x intercept of [S]. This gives the following family of straight lines, which are extended to the negative [S] quadrant:

If all of the v, [S] points fall on a rectangular hyperbola, then the lines should all cross at the same point, which would give Vm and -Km. There can be errors in the data points, however, and the extent of the error (or deviation from a rectangular hyperbola) can be estimated by how much the crossing points deviate from each other. Drawing a box around the crossing points gives a feeling for the potential error in Vm and Km one can get from the data. (The Km would lie within the width of the box, the Vm would lie within its height).

In the above data, line two is clearly deviating from the other lines. We can illustrate this by calculating the y and x values for each line crossing, i.e. solve for y and x for each possible pair of equations:

Line Pair

All Pairs

Excluding Line 4

 

x

y

x

y

1&2

-3.9

2.2

-3.9

2.2

1&3

-4.0

2.3

-4.0

2.3

1&4

-3.6

2.1

   

1&5

-4.0

2.3

-4.0

2.3

2&3

-4.3

2.4

-4.3

2.4

2&4

-3.2

2.0

   

2&5

-4.1

2.3

-4.1

2.3

3&4

-2.3

1.6

   

3&5

-3.9

2.2

-3.9

2.2

4&5

Don’t cross

Don’t cross

   
         

Average:

-3.7

2.1

-4.0

2.3

Therefore including line 4, Km is 3.7 x 10-4 M, Vm is 2.1 m mol-min-1-mg-1

and excluding line 4, Km is 4.0 x 10-4 M, Vm is 2.3 m mol-min-1-mg-1.

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