Percent of substrate/enzyme ratios that are >=1

Value 88 %
Organism Various
Reference Albe KR, Butler MH, Wright BE. Cellular concentrations of enzymes and their substrates. J Theor Biol. 1990 Mar 22 143(2):163-95.PubMed ID2200929
Method molar ratios of metabolite concentration to enzyme site concentration
Comments Of the 140 ratios calculated, 88% were one or greater, indicating that in general substrates exceed their cognate enzyme concentrations
Entered by Uri M
ID 102472