# gnuplot script to simulate the pH depent activity of an ionizable enzyme # Foster 5/10/06 # # Functions: v(x) = s*Vpm(x)/(s+Kpm(x)) f1(x)= 10**-x/10**-pKe1 + 1 + 10**-pKe2/10**-x f2(x)= 10**-x/10**-pKes1 + 1 + 10**-pKes2/10**-x Vpm(x) = Vm/f2(x) Kpm(x) = Km*f1(x)/f2(x) # Variables: Vm = 1 Km = 1e-6 pKe1 = 3 pKe2 = 9 pKes1 = 3 pKes2 = 9 s = 10e-6 # Title, Labels set title "Effect of Enzyme Ionization on Steady-State Kinetics" set xlabel 'pH' set ylabel 'v0' set label 1 "Vmax = %3.2f ", Vm at graph 0.7, 0.95 set label 2 "Km = %3.2e ", Km at graph 0.7, 0.9 set label 3 "[S] = %3.2e ", s at graph 0.7, 0.85 set label 4 "pKe1 = %3.2f ", pKe1 at graph 0.7, 0.8 set label 5 "pKes1 = %3.2f", pKes1 at graph 0.7, 0.75 set label 6 "pKe2 = %3.2f ", pKe2 at graph 0.7, 0.7 set label 7 "pKes2 = %3.2f", pKes2 at graph 0.7, 0.65 # plot it plot [0:14] v(x) lw 3 notitle