- turnover number
- the number of molecules of substrate acted upon by one molecule of enzyme per minute.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
turnover number
Look at other dictionaries:
Turnover number — has two related meanings:In enzymology, turnover number (also termed kcat) is defined as the maximum number of molecules of substrate that an enzyme can convert to product per catalytic site per unit of time and can be calculated as follows: kcat … Wikipedia
turnover number — turnover number. См. число оборотов. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
turnover number — Equivalent to Vmax, being the number of substrate molecules converted to product by one molecule of enzyme in unit time, when the substrate is saturating … Dictionary of molecular biology
Turnover — may refer to:BusinessEurope*Turnover is the term for revenue.United States*Turnover is the measure of how quickly inventory is sold. A high turnover means that goods are sold quickly, while a low turnover means that goods are sold more… … Wikipedia
turnover — or turns Terms used to describe the number of operating cycles in a defined period of time or the length of each specific operating cycle. Typical turnover cycles are: the rate at which accounts receivable converts to cash, the rate at which… … Financial and business terms
turnover — [tʉrn′ō΄vər] n. 1. the act or an instance of turning over; specif., a) an upset b) a change from one use, side, opinion, management, etc. to another 2. a small filled pastry made by folding one half of the crust back over the other half and… … English World dictionary
Number 96 (TV series) — Number 96 Title card from a 1975 episode of Number 96. Where the cliff hanger resolution that followed this shot at the start of the episode took place in one of the building s flats, the shot of the building would zoom in on that flat as the… … Wikipedia
turnover — 1650s, action of turning over, from TURN (Cf. turn) + OVER (Cf. over); meaning kind of pastry tart is attested from 1798. Meaning number of employees leaving a place and being replaced is recorded from 1955 … Etymology dictionary
Turnover — Mutual Funds: A measure of trading activity during the previous year, expressed as a percentage of the average total assets of the fund. A turnover ratio of 25% means that the value of trades represented one fourth of the assets of the fund.… … Financial and business terms
Turnover (employment) — See turnover for other uses of the term. Turnover, in a human resources context refers to the characteristic of a given company or industry, relative to rate at which an employer gains and loses staff.If an employer is said to have a high… … Wikipedia
