Rate (kinetic) Reactions: =================== If the analyte is an enzyme, a molecule which can catalyze the conversion of unlimited numbers of reagent molecules (termed substrates) to product, the amount of product at the endpoint would not reflect the amount of enzyme. Instead, the endpoint would reflect the amount of substrate that was present. For this reason, enzyme activity is determined by a rate reaction rather than an endpoint reaction. In such cases determination of the enzyme concentration is based on how fast a fxed amount of substrate is converted to product. The more enzyme present, the faster the conversion. Examples of enzymes that are often measured in the clinical laboratory include lipase and alanine.
Rate reactions may also be used for measurement of analytes that are not enzymes. For example, if a reaction is very slow to reach an endpoint, a rate method may be more practical in order to obtain a result in a shorter timeframe. Some examples of analytes other than enzymes that are measured using rate reaction include ammonia (a waste product of protein metabolism) and amikacin (a therapeutic drug).
Rate (kinetic) Reactions: =================== If the analyte is an enzyme, a molecule which can catalyze the conversion of unlimited numbers of reagent molecules (termed substrates) to product, the amount of product at the endpoint would not reflect the amount of enzyme. Instead, the endpoint would reflect the amount of substrate that was present. For this reason, enzyme activity is determined by a rate reaction rather than an endpoint reaction. In such cases determination of the enzyme concentration is based on how fast a fxed amount of substrate is converted to product. The more enzyme present, the faster the conversion. Examples of enzymes that are often measured in the clinical laboratory include lipase and alanine.
Rate reactions may also be used for measurement of analytes that are not enzymes. For example, if a reaction is very slow to reach an endpoint, a rate method may be more practical in order to obtain a result in a shorter timeframe. Some examples of analytes other than enzymes that are measured using rate reaction include ammonia (a waste product of protein metabolism) and amikacin (a therapeutic drug).
n the U.S. people generally use Bitcoin as an alternative investment, helping diversify a portfolio apart from stocks and bonds. You can also use Bitcoin to make purchases, but the number of vendors that accept the cryptocurrency is still limited. Big companies that accept Bitcoin include Overstock, AT&T and Twitch. You may also find that some small local retailers or certain websites take Bitcoin, but you’ll have to do some digging. That said, PayPal has announced that it will enable cryptocurrency as a funding source for purchases this year, financing purchases by automatically converting crypto holdings to fiat currency for users. “They have 346 million users and they’re connected to 26 million merchants,” says Spencer Montgomery, founder of Uinta Crypto Consulting. “It’s huge.”
Telegram Gives Up On Crypto Blockchain Project
Durov said on his Telegram channel today that the two and a half year blockchain and crypto project has been put to sleep. Ironically, after leaving Russia because the government wanted his encryption keys to his social media firm, Durov’s cryptocurrency idea lost steam because of a U.S. court. “The technology we created allowed for an open, free, decentralized exchange of value and ideas. TON had the potential to revolutionize how people store and transfer funds and information,” he wrote on his channel. “Unfortunately, a U.S. court stopped TON from happening.”
