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HEHRE1, working with the enzyme dextransucrase, showed that a plot of initial velocity v against substrate concentration deviated from linearity above a sucrose concentration of 200 mM. This was tentatively explained on the basis of a decrease in concentration of water in the stronger sucrose solutions.
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NEELY, W. Inhibition of Dextransucrase by Excess Substrate. Nature 182, 1007–1008 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821007a0
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