MCAT Question of the Day


  • Q:

    The kcat is a measurement of the number of molecules of product that an enzyme can produce per second. Highly efficient enzymes have kcat values upwards of 108 s-1. If a solution containing an enzyme with a kcat of 105 s-1 is able to produce 0.001 M of product per second, what is the concentration of the enzyme?

     

    A

    1 x 10-6 M

    B

    6 x 10-5 M

    C

    1 x 10-8 M

    D

    6 x 10-3 M



    Chemical Kinetics | Quantitative Skills |
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