Table 2.

Michaelis–Menten Parameters for Chymotrypsin‐catalyzed Hydrolysis of Amide Substrate in the Presence of Hg²⁺

[Hg2±], mM	[chymo] in solution, µM	V max, µM/min	k cat, min−1	K m, mM	R 2
0	40.5 ± 0.7	10.5 ± 1.1	0.259 ± 0.028	1.5 ± 0.4	0.95
0.103	38.4 ± 1.2	5.2 ± 1.8	0.13 ± 0.05	2.9 ± 1.8	0.86
0.205	35.7 ± 1.8	1.56 ± 0.27	0.044 ± 0.008	1.0 ± 0.5	0.77
0.308	29.1 ± 2.7	NSSa	NSS	NSS	0.88

^aNSS = not statistically significant.