46 Questions
What are enzymes?
Catalysts involved in biochemical reactions
Where is the active site located?
On the surface of the enzyme
What is the function of the active site?
Location where the enzyme binds to the substrate and catalysis occurs
What is a substrate?
A molecule that acts as the reactant in an enzymatically catalyzed reaction
How are enzymes usually structured?
Globular proteins
What can be deduced about the mechanism of an enzyme?
From structural, kinetic, and spectral data
What is the role of enzymes in biochemical reactions?
To increase the rate of reaction
What is the active site often formed by?
Residues on turns or coils
What fraction of biochemical reactions use multiple substrates?
More than 60%
What do enzymes bind to at the active site?
The substrate
What is the primary role of a substrate in an enzymatically catalyzed reaction?
To act as the reactant
What is the typical structure of the active site?
Cleft, pocket, or trench
What is the main function of enzymes in relation to reaction rates?
Decreasing activation energy
Which enzyme classification includes enzymes that catalyze the transfer of functional groups?
Transferases
What does the Michaelis constant (KM) represent in the Michaelis-Menten equation?
Substrate concentration
What does the Lineweaver-Burke plot provide a graphical representation of?
Vmax and KM
What does the turnover number (kcat) measure?
Catalytic efficiency
At what point does the diffusion-controlled limit occur?
When the rate-limiting step is the diffusion of enzyme and substrate
What characterizes irreversible inhibitors?
They prevent the generation of products
In competitive inhibition, what do inhibitors compete directly with?
Substrate
What is the impact of uncompetitive inhibition on Vmax and KM?
Decreases Vmax, increases KM
What characterizes suicide inhibitors?
They irreversibly block enzyme function by covalently modifying the active site
What is the defining feature of mixed inhibition?
It is effective regardless of substrate concentration
Which enzyme classification includes enzymes that catalyze the breaking of chemical bonds through elimination reactions?
Lyases
Which type of catalysis involves amino acid side chains donating or accepting protons?
General acid–base catalysis
What type of catalysis involves active site metal acting as a redox active center?
Metal ion catalysis
Which catalysis involves nucleophilic or electrophilic attack on an atom resulting in a covalent intermediate?
Covalent catalysis
What type of catalysis is sometimes referred to as electrostatic catalysis?
Electrostatic catalysis
Which type of catalysis involves weak forces lowering entropy?
General acid–base catalysis
In induced fit, enzymes bind substrates that favor which state?
Transition state
Which enzyme catalyzes the breaking of chemical bonds through elimination reactions?
Lipase
What is the primary function of lysozyme?
Immune defense
Which amino acids are involved in covalent catalysis?
Serine, Aspartate, Cysteine
What is the role of metal ions in metal ion catalysis?
Acting as cofactors
What is the impact of induced fit on the entropy of the system?
Decreases entropy
What is the mechanism of action of lysozyme?
Cleaving glycosidic bonds
Which enzyme catalyzes the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid using Zn2+ in the active site?
Carbonic anhydrase
Which class of proteases does chymotrypsin belong to?
Serine proteases
Which technique is used to specifically label active site residues with examples like Diisopropylfluorophosphate and Tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone?
Affinity labeling
Which enzyme regulation method involves altering gene expression, sequestration in compartments, limiting substrate access, and covalent modification?
Enzyme regulation
What is the inactive form of chymotrypsin?
Chymotrypsinogen
Which process involves protein kinases adding phosphate groups and phosphatases removing them?
Phosphorylation
What type of regulation can increase or decrease enzymatic activity by binding at a site other than the active site?
Allosteric regulation
Which enzyme is an example of regulation via phosphorylation?
Src
What is the technique to specifically label active site residues with examples like Diisopropylfluorophosphate and Tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone?
Affinity labeling
What is the enzyme that degrades proteins and includes trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase?
Proteases
Study Notes
Enzyme Kinetics and Inhibition
- Enzyme classifications include oxidoreductases, transferases, hydrolases, lyases, isomerases, and ligases.
- Enzymes lower activation energy (Ea) to increase reaction rate without changing thermodynamic parameters.
- The Michaelis-Menten equation relates substrate concentration to Vmax and KM, with Vmax representing maximal velocity and KM the Michaelis constant.
- Saturation kinetic curve shows enzyme saturation with substrate and the impact of high or low KM values.
- Lineweaver-Burke plot provides a double reciprocal of the Michaelis-Menten equation, offering an easier method for interpreting graphical data.
- Turnover number (kcat) measures the number of reactions an enzyme can catalyze per unit of time, indicating catalytic efficiency.
- Diffusion controlled limit occurs when the rate-limiting step becomes the diffusion of enzyme and substrate, with a rate between 108 and 109 M−1 sec−1.
- Inhibitors can be irreversible or reversible, preventing the generation of products.
- Suicide inhibitors irreversibly block enzyme function by covalently modifying the active site, examples include pesticides and nerve agents.
- Competitive inhibition involves molecules similar to the substrate shape, competing directly with the substrate and can be overcome with high substrate concentration.
- Uncompetitive inhibition binds to the ES complex, decreasing both Vmax and KM.
- Mixed inhibition combines features of competitive and uncompetitive inhibitors, being effective regardless of substrate concentration.
Enzyme Catalysis and Regulation
- Carbonic anhydrase is found in erythrocytes and catalyzes the conversion of carbon dioxide to carbonic acid using Zn2+ in the active site.
- Proteases are enzymes that degrade proteins and include trypsin, chymotrypsin, and elastase, and are important in protein maturation, blood clotting, and protein trafficking.
- Different classes of proteases, including serine, aspartyl, metallo-, and cysteine proteases, employ similar chemistry with conserved topology and overall structure.
- Chymotrypsin is a serine protease that cleaves dietary protein and contains a catalytic triad with Aspartate, Histidine, and Serine.
- Affinity labeling is a technique to specifically label active site residues with examples like Diisopropylfluorophosphate and Tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone.
- Enzyme regulation can be achieved through altering gene expression, sequestration in compartments, limiting substrate access, and covalent modification and allosteric regulation methods.
- Covalent modification involves the covalent addition or removal of groups from proteins, with proteolytic cleavage and phosphorylation as common means of activation.
- Zymogens are inactive enzyme precursors that require proteolytic activation, with chymotrypsinogen being the inactive form of chymotrypsin.
- Phosphorylation is another example of protein activation facilitated by protein kinases adding phosphate groups and phosphatases removing them, regulated through signaling cascades.
- Src is an example of regulation via phosphorylation.
- Allosteric regulation can increase or decrease enzymatic activity by binding at a site other than the active site, with relaxed (R) and tense (T) states and sigmoidal activity curves.
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