An enzyme has a maximal Velocity of 30 units/sec. This system had a saturating s

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An enzyme has a maximal Velocity of 30 units/sec. This system had a saturating substrate concentration of 1 mM at 1 uM enzyme concentration. If we double the amount of the substrate, in these conditions, what happens to the rate? a) The observed output (product concentration) should double b) The equilibrium will shift toward the reactants c) The rate should remain the same d) The rate will decrease e) The rate will increase
I have that the rate would stay the same, because it says the system has a "saturating substrate concentration." So I assumed that even if you double the concentration, that the rate would stay the same because it's already "saturating." An enzyme has a maximal Velocity of 30 units/sec. This system had a saturating substrate concentration of 1 mM at 1 uM enzyme concentration. If we double the amount of the substrate, in these conditions, what happens to the rate? a) The observed output (product concentration) should double b) The equilibrium will shift toward the reactants c) The rate should remain the same d) The rate will decrease e) The rate will increase
I have that the rate would stay the same, because it says the system has a "saturating substrate concentration." So I assumed that even if you double the concentration, that the rate would stay the same because it's already "saturating." An enzyme has a maximal Velocity of 30 units/sec. This system had a saturating substrate concentration of 1 mM at 1 uM enzyme concentration. If we double the amount of the substrate, in these conditions, what happens to the rate? a) The observed output (product concentration) should double b) The equilibrium will shift toward the reactants c) The rate should remain the same d) The rate will decrease e) The rate will increase
I have that the rate would stay the same, because it says the system has a "saturating substrate concentration." So I assumed that even if you double the concentration, that the rate would stay the same because it's already "saturating."

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Yes the rate of the reaction remain the same even after doubling the substrate because it is already in a saturated state.

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