Constructing kinetics plots for galactose uptake
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uptake of galactose into red blood cells was looked at: the data is as follows,
galactose concentration mmol/l ^-1 galactose uptake(j)/nmol mg ^-1 protein min
^-1
x absent x present
0.100 4.00 2.27
0.125 4.69 2.72
0.250 7.09 4.59
0.500 9.62 6.94
1.000 11.49 9.50
rate of inward uptake (j)
x is thought to be an inhibitor of transport systems.
- from this data i need to work out the appropiate values and construct Hofstee-Eadie plots for the uptake of galactose both with and without the presence of X and put both plots on the same axes.
-Then i need to work out the values of j^max and K^t for the uptake of galactose, with and without (X), place in a table and explain the values obtained.
- I need to write a word equation for when galactose is phosphorylated by an enzyme in a red blood cell. I think that galactose plus inorganic phosphate in the presence of galactokinase would yield galactose - 1- phosphate. Would this be acceptable as a word equation?
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In this solution we explore the development of a kinetics model from experimental data. Specifically, when we know the data for a metabolic process (in this case, galactose uptake), how do we construct an eadie-hofstee plot? Also the maximal rates and the other pertinent constants are derived from this information. An excellent primer on enzyme kinetics!
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Please see the attached file for the work done to achieve the values given (the red line is with the inhibitor. The ...
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