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Enzyme kinetics is the study of the rates of enzyme-catalysed reactions

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Why doesn't enzyme reaction rate rise linearly with substrate concentration?

This is the graph of the Michaelis-Menten equation which describes the relationship between reaction rate and substrate concentration: I don't understand why it is hyperbolic. Intuitively, I would th …
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Why does uncompetitive inhibition decrease the Michaelis constant?

I can't seem to find a good resource online that clearly outlines the difference between an uncompetitive, noncompetitive, and mixed inhibitor (I understand competitive inhibitor though). More specif …
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