Biophysical Journal 13: 503-511 (1973)
© 1973 the Biophysical Society

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The Thermodynamic Description of Enzyme-Catalyzed Reactions

The Linear Relation between the Reaction Rate and the Affinity

ABSTRACT

The rate of enzyme-catalyzed reactions is a proportional function of the reaction affinity over a range of more than 2 kcal/mol, (i.e., 25-fold substrate concentration change). For kinetically irreversible reactions, proportionality is obeyed when the substrate concentration is of the same order of magnitude as the K_m of the reaction. Linearity can be obtained by proper choice of product concentration or alternatively by a linear transformation which allows the description of the system by slightly different parameters. For kinetically reversible reactions, the linear range could be obtained and extended to both sides of equilibrium provided the concentration of the substrate is fixed at a proper value and the affinity is varied by the product concentration. In oxidative phosphorylation, a coupled system of enzymatic reactions, proportional regions are found for both oxidation and phosphorylation. These findings justify the use of linear phenomenological equations in bioenergetics.

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