Table of Contents

• Part I: Using intuition to think about the shape of the graph
• 1: Stalking the wild equation
• 2: What beast are we looking for?
• 3: The outline of the beast
• 4: The middle of the beast
• 5: The whole beast
• Part II: Exploring the M-M equation
• 6: The M-M equation
• 7: Notice the %
• 8: Different values for K_m
• 9: Using (and abusing) K_m
• 10: K_m in the crosshairs
• 11: What's special about K_m?
• 12: Fun with graphs
• 13: Michaelis Menten in a nutshell.
• Part III: Exploring the Lineweaver-Burke plot
• 14: Problem: how to measure K_m and V_max
• 15: Solution: a strange transformation
• 16: Measuring V_max
• 17: Measuring K_m
• Part IV: Using it all
• 18: Virtual experiment, real enzyme
• 19: Two preservatives, new kinetics
• 20: How do these preservatives work?

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