Rate-Limiting Step

Practice Questions

Biochemistry › Rate-Limiting Step

Questions

Consider the following series of reactions.

Reaction 1: $A + B \rightarrow C$ (fast)

Reaction 2: $C + D \rightarrow E + F$ (slow)

Reaction 3: $E + F \rightarrow H$ (fast)

What is the rate law for the overall reaction? ( $\textup{m}$ and $\textup{n}$ are arbitrary reaction orders)

Which of the following best describes the rate-limiting step in a chemical reaction?

Which of the following is true regarding the rate-limiting reaction?

According to Michaelis-Menton kinetics, what is a characteristic of the rate limiting step in enzyme kinetics?