Toti Paolo, Petri Antonella, Pelaia Valerio, Osman Ahmed M, Paolini Moreno, Bauer Carlo
Department of Physiology and Biochemistry, Biochemistry Unit, University of Pisa, Italy.
Biophys Chem. 2005 Apr 22;114(2-3):245-51. doi: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.12.043. Epub 2005 Jan 5.
A kinetic analysis was made and a linear plot based on the general rate equation derived by Laidler [Can. J. Chem. 33, 1614-1624] is proposed. This linearization method allows determining the kinetic parameters (K(m), k(cat)) and E for enzymes with low catalytic activity. The method was applied to chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago [EC 1.11.1.10], whose kinetic parameters K(m)(app), k(cat)(app), and E with monochlorodimedone as substrate, were obtained by using the linearization plot and the V(max) value (calculated by Eadie-Hofstee plot). This plot could also be useful to the study of abenzyme kinetics provided the concentration of the latter is either higher or equal than K(m) value.