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Slot: kcat

The maximum number of substrate molecules converted to product per enzyme molecule per unit time, when the enzyme is saturated with substrate. It represents the maximum catalytic efficiency of an enzyme under ideal conditions.

URI: chemrof:kcat Alias: kcat

Properties

Aliases

  • turnover number

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

  • from schema: https://w3id.org/chemrof

Mappings

Mapping Type Mapped Value
self chemrof:kcat
native chemrof:kcat

LinkML Source

name: kcat
description: The maximum number of substrate molecules converted to product per enzyme
  molecule per unit time, when the enzyme is saturated with substrate. It represents
  the maximum catalytic efficiency of an enzyme under ideal conditions.
from_schema: https://w3id.org/chemrof
aliases:
- turnover number
rank: 1000
alias: kcat
range: string
unit:
  symbol: s-1