Biochemistry Quiz

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What are the three fields into which biochemistry may be divided?

Organic chemistry, inorganic chemistry, and physical chemistry

Structural biology, enzymology, and metabolism (correct)

Microbiology, immunology, and virology

Cell biology, genetics, and ecology

Which discipline is closely related to biochemistry?

Molecular biology (correct)

Physics

Geology

Astronomy

What does biochemistry focus on understanding?

The properties of metals

The physical structure of planets

The behavior of gases

The chemical basis allowing biological molecules to give rise to processes in living cells (correct)

Which area has biochemistry become successful at explaining living processes through?

Structural biology, enzymology, and metabolism Signup and view all the answers

What does much of biochemistry deal with?

Structures, bonding, functions, and interactions Signup and view all the answers

What is the main function of enzymes?

To act as biological catalysts Signup and view all the answers

What are the molecules upon which enzymes act called?

Substrates Signup and view all the answers

How many biochemical reaction types are enzymes known to catalyze?

More than 5,000 Signup and view all the answers

What gives an enzyme its specificity?

Its unique three-dimensional structure Signup and view all the answers

Which type of molecules are called catalytic RNA molecules?

Ribozymes Signup and view all the answers

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What are the three fields into which biochemistry may be divided?

Which discipline is closely related to biochemistry?

What does biochemistry focus on understanding?

Which area has biochemistry become successful at explaining living processes through?

What does much of biochemistry deal with?

What is the main function of enzymes?

What are the molecules upon which enzymes act called?

How many biochemical reaction types are enzymes known to catalyze?

What gives an enzyme its specificity?

Which type of molecules are called catalytic RNA molecules?

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