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Pseudo Steady State

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Use the pseudo steady state hypothesis to derive the rate law for the rate of production of P

E + S k1k1 ESE~+~S~\mathop{\leftrightharpoons}^{k_1}_{k_{-1}}~ES

ES k2 E +PES~\xrightarrow{k_2}~E~+P

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