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Substrate concentration
The maximum velocity of a reaction is reached
when the active sites are almost continuously
filled.
Increased substrate concentration after this point
will not increase the rate.
Vmax is the maximum reaction rate

                                                                                                          Figure 14 effect of substrate
                                                                                                                concentration

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