--- title: "Michaelis–Menten kinetics Template – Chemistry Diagram | MolDraw" url: https://www.moldraw.com/templates/concept-michaelis-menten/ description: "Michaelis–Menten kinetics template: The v₀ against [S] hyperbola with Vmax and Km (the [S] at ½Vmax) marked, the Lineweaver–Burk plot (slope Km/Vmax…" lang: en publisher: Scidart Academy generated: 2026-11-13 --- [MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/) › [Templates](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/) › [Biochemistry](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/biochemistry/) › Michaelis–Menten kinetics [Biochemistry](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/biochemistry/)Premium # Michaelis–Menten kinetics template ![Michaelis–Menten kinetics template: The v₀ against [S] hyperbola with Vmax and Km (the [S] at ½Vmax) marked, the Lineweaver–Burk plot (slope Km/Vmax, intercepts 1/Vmax and −1/Km), and the E + S ⇌ ES → E + P scheme with kcat and kcat/Km.](https://www.moldraw.com/templates/concept-michaelis-menten.webp) [Edit in MolDraw](https://www.moldraw.com/)Download with Pro Premium template. 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The v₀ against [S] hyperbola with Vmax and Km (the [S] at ½Vmax) marked, the Lineweaver–Burk plot (slope Km/Vmax, intercepts 1/Vmax and −1/Km), and the E + S ⇌ ES → E + P scheme with kcat and kcat/Km. ## What the template shows - Initial rate against [S] is a rectangular hyperbola; its double reciprocal is a straight line that gives Km and Vmax from the intercepts - The rate law and its linear form - Curves drawn for Km = 1 and Vmax = 1 (arbitrary units) - Rate against substrate concentration - first order at low [S], zero order at saturation - Lineweaver–Burk (double-reciprocal) plot - slope = Km/Vmax - 1/v₀ = (Km/Vmax)·(1/[S]) + 1/Vmax - Where Km and Vmax come from - k₁ (binding), k₋₁ (release), kcat (catalysis) - Briggs–Haldane steady state: d[ES]/dt ≈ 0, [S] ≫ [E] - kcat = Vmax / [E]ₜ (turnover number) · kcat/Km = specificity constant - Km is the substrate concentration that gives half the maximum rate. It equals the dissociation constant of ES only when kcat ≪ k₋₁. - Vmax = kcat[E]ₜ is reached when every enzyme molecule is saturated with substrate; kcat/Km (up to about 10⁸–10⁹ M⁻¹ s⁻¹, the diffusion limit) measures catalytic efficiency. - The double-reciprocal plot stretches the least accurate low-[S] points, so Km and Vmax are now fitted to v₀ against [S] directly; the plot is still the clearest way to tell inhibitors apart. Drawn with 194 shapes – every one editable in MolDraw. ## Sources - [Nelson & Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 8th ed., 2021, ch. 6](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781319228002) Textbook - [Berg, Tymoczko, Gatto & Stryer, Biochemistry, 9th ed., 2019](https://openlibrary.org/isbn/9781319114657) Textbook - [Michaelis & Menten, Biochem. Z. 1913, 49, 333; English translation: Johnson & Goody, Biochemistry 2011, 50, 8264](https://doi.org/10.1021/bi201284u) Original paper - [Briggs & Haldane, Biochem. 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