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The aim is to translate the original 1913 work by Michaelis and Menten while providing historical context and modern analysis.

September 2, 2011Biochemistry

The Original Michaelis Constant: Translation of the 1913 Michaelis–Menten Paper

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Translation of Michaelis and Menten's classic work reveals new insights into enzymology.

The aim is to translate the original 1913 work by Michaelis and Menten while providing historical context and modern analysis.
Complete translation of the original German publication into English.
New analysis of original data using modern computational techniques.
Examination of initial velocity measurements and fitting of full time course data.
Reanalysis revealed a high level of rigor and precision in the original data.
A global constant representing all data was derived, which is V(max)/K(m), not the traditional Michaelis constant.
Insights into product inhibition and comprehensive analysis highlighted in the original publication were uncovered.

Johnson et al. (2011) studied this question.

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