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. 2016 Apr 26;47(3):647–657. doi: 10.1016/j.bjm.2015.04.002

Table 8.

Km and Vmax values of the enzyme determined by Lineweaver–Burk and Woolf–Hanes plots for different substrates.

Substrate Km Vmax Vmax/Km
Lineweaver–Burk plot
 4-Nitrophenyl butyrate 0.51 mM 16.98 U/mg 33.29
 4-Nitrophenyl laurate 0.15 mM 15.44 U/mg 99.81
 4-Nitrophenyl myristate 0.17 mM 14.61 U/mg 102.93
 4-Nitrophenyl palmitate 0.19 mM 13.59 U/mg 71.53



Woolf–Hanes plot
 4-Nitrophenyl butyrate 0.54 mM 17.45 U/mg 32.31
 4-Nitrophenyl laurate 0.13 mM 15.13 U/mg 116.38
 4-Nitrophenyl myristate 0.18 mM 14.94 U/mg 85.94
 4-Nitrophenyl palmitate 0.17 mM 13.45 U/mg 79.11