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Table 2. Kinetic states and the saturation level function for N = 3.

*q_j*	State	$K_{D}^{S} {(K_{D}^{H})}^{N - j}$	[H]^j	q₁_j	State	${(K_{D}^{H})}^{N - j}$	[S][H]^j
q₀	E	$K_{D}^{S} {(K_{D}^{H})}^{3}$	1	q₁₀	ES	${(K_{D}^{H})}^{3}$	[S]
q₁	EH	$K_{D}^{S} {(K_{D}^{H})}^{2}$	[H]	q₁₁	ESH	${(K_{D}^{H})}^{2}$	[S][H]
q₂	EHH	$K_{D}^{S} K_{D}^{H}$	[H]²	q₁₂	ESHH	$K_{D}^{H}$	[S][H]²
q₃	EHHH	$K_{D}^{S}$	[H]³	q₁₃ = 1	ESHHH	1	[S][H]³

The q-parameter indexing system is adequate up to n = 9.