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The meaning of the Michaelis-Menten constant: Km describes a steady-state.
Enric I. Canela, Gemma Navarro, José Luis Beltrán, Rafael Franco
The paper clarifies that the Michaelis-Menten constant (Km) defines the steady state in enzyme kinetics, not the substrate dissociation constant (Kd), and emphasizes the importance of the association rate (k1) in physiological contexts.
DOI 10.1101/608232