Why is a Hanes-Wolf plot not the greatest to determine kinetic parameters?

Subject: Why is a Hanes-Wolf plot not the greatest to determine kinetic parameters?

Date: Thu Dec 11 23:38:11 2003
Posted by Jimmy
Grade level: undergrad School: Cal State Fullerton
City: Fullerton State/Province: CA Country: USA
Area of science: Biochemistry
ID: 1071207491.Bc

Message:


When I took a course in Biochemistry ~2 years ago, I was told by my instructor that the 
Hanes Wolf plot ( [S]/v as a function of [S] ) is not the best plot to use because the 
independent variable, [S], is also on the dependent axis.  Is that true? If so, why?  Thanks 
for your time.

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