First-order reversible enzymatic reaction with binding of either substrate or product to enzyme and allows thermodynamic equilibrium. Uses two methods, the enzyme binding and

Description

      This model represents the enzymatic conversion of a single substrate, S, to a single product, P. 
  First is binding of the solute to the enzyme, E, forming the substrate-enzyme complex, ES. 
  The binding is followed by a reaction-release event, which yields the product and releases free
  enzyme. The model parameters can be adjusted to fit Michaelis-Menten conditions (Substrate 
  concentrations high compared to enzyme; on/off reaction fast compared to forward 
  reaction rate) and Briggs-Haldane conditions where the on-rate is low but not over a wide range
  of conditions.
      A second part of the program is given for the same enzyme concentrations and kinetics
  constants but now expressed as "reversible Michaelis Menten Equations.
      Comparisons are odious, 'tis said. This one reveals the inaccuracy of the MM approximation 
  for a reversible reaction when Kp >> Ks: Run the loops; these are set up to decrease Etot
  by 10-fold per loop, and to increase both k1 and k_2 by 10-fold so that the apparent
  forward and backward Vmax's are unchanged. The result is that successive reductions of Etot 
  results in a better and better approximation of the true kinetics to the MM-kinetics, as expected,
  because the fundamental assumption of the MM kinetics is that S >> Etot. However, as the reaction
  proceeds toward equilibrium (here Kp/Ks = 5000 = P(equil)/S(equil), the MM expression 
  cannot be correct. The MM expression contains contradictory assumptions, namely that k1 and k_1
  are fast compared to k2 (for the S -> P reaction), and that k2 and k_2 are fast compared to k_1.
  Therefore the MM fails when P > 0.3*S0 in this progress experiment.
   

Equations

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