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Shifting Lineweaver-Burk Plots
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6. Enzymes and Enzyme Kinetics / Shifting Lineweaver-Burk Plots / Problem 5
Problem 5
Why is it counterintuitive that substrate concentration and initial reaction velocity increase towards zero on a Lineweaver-Burk plot?
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Because the plot is quadratic.
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Because the plot uses reciprocals, making zero act as infinity.
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Because the plot is logarithmic.
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Because zero is typically the lowest value.
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