10 Questions
What is the primary factor determining the amount of enzyme in a cell?
Rate of synthesis of the enzyme
How is the primary structure of an enzyme determined?
Trinucleotide code of messenger RNA
What determines a cell's ability to synthesize a particular enzyme?
DNA code and master template
Which level of structural change may cause a mutation to result in complete loss of catalytic activity?
Primary structure
What primarily dictates the secondary, tertiary, and quaternary structure of enzymes?
Primary structure
Which of the following is NOT a role of soil enzymes?
Generating energy for plant growth
What is the primary source of enzymes found in soil?
Plants
In what way can enzymes be localized within the soil?
Intracellularly and at the cell membrane
What primarily determines the amount of enzymes in soil systems?
Amount of organic matter content
Which of the following is an example of an enzyme released from plants and microorganisms into the soil?
Chitinase
Test your knowledge on how cells regulate enzyme activity and control the flux of metabolites through various mechanisms such as allosteric regulation, control of enzyme concentration, and genetic level regulation. Explore how cells modulate enzymatic activity for carefully controlled expression of catalysis.
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