Abstract
An algorithm for the least-squares estimation of enzyme parameters Km and Vmax. is proposed and its performance analysed. The problem is non-linear, but the algorithm is algebraic and does not require initial parameter estimates. On a spreadsheet program such as MINITAB, it may be coded in as few as ten instructions. The algorithm derives an intermediate estimate of Km and Vmax. appropriate to data with a constant coefficient of variation and then applies a single reweighting. Its performance using simulated data with a variety of error structures is compared with that of the classical reciprocal transforms and to both appropriately and inappropriately weighted direct least-squares estimators. Three approaches to estimating the standard errors of the parameter estimates are discussed, and one suitable for spreadsheet implementation is illustrated.
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