Enzyme Inhibition

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What type of inhibitor binds to an allosteric site on the protein?

  • Un-competitive inhibitor
  • Competitive inhibitor
  • Non-competitive inhibitor (correct)
  • Irreversible inhibitor

What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Km and Vmax of an enzyme?

  • Km remains the same, Vmax decreases (correct)
  • Km increases, Vmax remains the same
  • Km increases, Vmax decreases
  • Km decreases, Vmax increases

What type of inhibitor binds only to the enzyme-substrate complex?

  • Un-competitive inhibitor (correct)
  • Non-competitive inhibitor
  • Irreversible inhibitor
  • Competitive inhibitor

What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km and Vmax of an enzyme?

<p>Km increases, Vmax remains the same (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is irreversible inhibition?

<p>Covalent binding of an inhibitor to the active site or an allosteric site (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of an un-competitive inhibitor on the Km and Vmax of an enzyme?

<p>Km increases, Vmax decreases (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of inhibitor increases Km, but does not affect Vmax?

<p>Competitive inhibitor (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Lineweaver-Burk plot?

<p>Decreases the slope, increases the y-intercept (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the method used to linearize the non-linear Michaelis-Menten equation?

<p>Lineweaver-Burk method (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?

<p>It increases the Km (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the model proposed to describe enzyme kinetics in 1913?

<p>Michaelis-Menten model (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the regulation of enzyme activity by gene expression?

<p>Gene expression regulation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the name of the authors of the biochemistry textbook 'Biochemistry'?

<p>L.Stryer (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the phenomenon where multiple substrate binding sites are present on an enzyme?

<p>Cooperativity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the type of inhibition where the inhibitor binds to an allosteric site on the enzyme?

<p>Allosteric inhibition (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the type of inhibition where the inhibitor binds to the active site of the enzyme?

<p>Competitive inhibition (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which subunit combination represents the LDH isozyme specific to the skeletal muscle and liver?

<p>MMMM (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which disease is associated with increased levels of all five isozymes of LDH?

<p>Leukemia (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does ELISA stand for?

<p>Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which enzyme is used as a biomarker for acute pancreatitis?

<p>Amylase (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary location of the HHHH LDH isozyme?

<p>Heart and RBCs (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which enzyme is a diagnostic marker for viral hepatitis?

<p>SGPT (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the biomedical importance of γ-glutamyl transferase?

<p>Liver disease especially biliary obstruction (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the principle behind ELISA?

<p>Linking an enzyme to an antibody to detect antigen (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which factor is NOT listed as affecting enzyme activity?

<p>Enzyme color (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Why is enzyme expression not useful for rapid adaptation?

<p>It involves the synthesis of new RNA transcripts and proteins (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which condition causes most enzymes to denature?

<p>Temperature above ~50 °C (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which statement best describes feedback inhibition?

<p>A product of a reaction inhibits the enzyme's activity (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens when effectors bind to the enzyme at the substrate (active) site?

<p>They act as competitive inhibitors (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to the reaction rate with a 10 °C temperature rise?

<p>It doubles (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

How does a change in pH potentially affect enzyme activity?

<p>By altering the enzyme's conformation or the substrate's protonation state (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of inhibition is described when the enzyme's activity is regulated by the molecule that binds elsewhere than the active site?

<p>Allosteric regulation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Where do allosteric effectors bind to an enzyme?

<p>At a site different from the substrate binding pocket (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What happens to KM during K-type regulation?

<p>KM decreases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the effect on Vmax during V-type regulation?

<p>Vmax increases (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of isoenzymes?

<p>They have genetically determined differences in amino acid sequence (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which isoenzyme is associated with cardiac muscle?

<p>CK2 (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What can happen during mixed forms of allosteric regulation?

<p>Both KM and Vmax can be affected (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

During enzyme inhibition, which type of inhibitor does not affect the binding of the substrate?

<p>Non-competitive inhibitor (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an allosteric inhibitor's effect on enzyme activity?

<p>Decreases enzyme activity (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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