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. 1984 Oct 1;223(1):259–262. doi: 10.1042/bj2230259

Kinetics of protein modification reactions. Plot of fractional enzyme activity versus extent of protein modification in cases where all modifiable groups are essential for enzyme activity.

E T Rakitzis
PMCID: PMC1144288  PMID: 6497841

Abstract

The plot of fractional enzyme activity versus extent of protein modification, for cases where all enzyme modifiable groups of a certain kind are essential for activity, is found to be nearly independent of the number, per enzyme active site, of modifiable groups involved. Such plots usually, by a fallacious extension of the initial portion of the plot on the extent-of-modification axis, are interpreted to mean the modification of one single group per enzyme active site (or per enzyme molecule). The possible relevance of these findings to cases in the literature is discussed.

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