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What percentage of enzymes are proteins?
What percentage of enzymes are proteins?
- Around 90%
- Over 50%
- 99+% (correct)
- 100%
What is the primary role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
- To increase the rate of the reaction without being consumed (correct)
- To increase the rate of the reaction while being consumed
- To initiate the reaction and then stop it
- To decrease the rate of the reaction without being consumed
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
- Activation energy
- Ground state
- Reactant state
- Transition state (correct)
What is the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the small portion of the enzyme surface where the substrate becomes bound?
What is the small portion of the enzyme surface where the substrate becomes bound?
What is the model that describes the substrate binding to the enzyme resulting in a change in the conformation of the enzyme?
What is the model that describes the substrate binding to the enzyme resulting in a change in the conformation of the enzyme?
What is the most likely reason why enzymes exhibit stereospecificity?
What is the most likely reason why enzymes exhibit stereospecificity?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What does the Lineweaver-Burk plot provide information about?
What does the Lineweaver-Burk plot provide information about?
What is the unit of Kcat?
What is the unit of Kcat?
What is the effect of extreme pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the effect of extreme pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the usual optimum temperature for enzymes in humans?
What is the usual optimum temperature for enzymes in humans?
What is the result of irreversible inhibition of an enzyme?
What is the result of irreversible inhibition of an enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a small KM?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a small KM?
What is the purpose of studying the kinetic properties of enzymes?
What is the purpose of studying the kinetic properties of enzymes?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the effect of temperature on the rate of an uncatalyzed reaction?
What is the effect of temperature on the rate of an uncatalyzed reaction?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the characteristic of a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a non-competitive inhibitor?
What happens to the Km of an enzyme when a competitive inhibitor is added?
What happens to the Km of an enzyme when a competitive inhibitor is added?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on an enzyme?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on an enzyme?
What is the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the primary use of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the primary use of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the effect of an enzyme inhibitor on the enzyme's activity?
What is the effect of an enzyme inhibitor on the enzyme's activity?
What is the significance of a small Km value for an enzyme?
What is the significance of a small Km value for an enzyme?
What is the purpose of studying the kinetic properties of enzymes?
What is the purpose of studying the kinetic properties of enzymes?
What is the effect of temperature on enzyme activity?
What is the effect of temperature on enzyme activity?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the significance of the turnover number (Kcat)?
What is the significance of the turnover number (Kcat)?
What is the effect of pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the effect of pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the main difference between a competitive inhibitor and an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the main difference between a competitive inhibitor and an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of adding more substrate to a reaction inhibited by a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of adding more substrate to a reaction inhibited by a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the role of Le Chatelier's principle in uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the role of Le Chatelier's principle in uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE)?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on the enzyme acetylcholinesterase (AChE)?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor that allows it to be overcome by adding more substrate?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor that allows it to be overcome by adding more substrate?
What is the result of the inhibition of an enzyme by a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the result of the inhibition of an enzyme by a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibition?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibition?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme?
What is the biological function of enzymes?
What is the biological function of enzymes?
What is the primary characteristic of an enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the primary characteristic of an enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state?
What is the major difference between the lock-and-key model and the induced fit model?
What is the major difference between the lock-and-key model and the induced fit model?
Why are enzymes important in biological systems?
Why are enzymes important in biological systems?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the term for the small portion of the enzyme surface where the substrate binds?
What is the term for the small portion of the enzyme surface where the substrate binds?
What is the primary advantage of enzymes as catalysts?
What is the primary advantage of enzymes as catalysts?
What is the result of enzyme-catalyzed reactions?
What is the result of enzyme-catalyzed reactions?
What is the primary characteristic of a catalyst?
What is the primary characteristic of a catalyst?
What is the primary function of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary function of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the main difference between the lock-and-key model and the induced fit model?
What is the main difference between the lock-and-key model and the induced fit model?
What is the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the role of the active site in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the role of the active site in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the characteristic of a reaction that occurs under physiological conditions?
What is the characteristic of a reaction that occurs under physiological conditions?
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
What percentage of enzymes are proteins?
What percentage of enzymes are proteins?
What does the size of Km tell us about a particular enzyme?
What does the size of Km tell us about a particular enzyme?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the effect of environmental factors on enzyme function?
What is the effect of environmental factors on enzyme function?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high Kcat?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high Kcat?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibitors?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibitors?
What is the purpose of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the purpose of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on the Km of an enzyme?
What is the term for the maximum reaction rate reached when the enzyme is completely saturated with substrate?
What is the term for the maximum reaction rate reached when the enzyme is completely saturated with substrate?
Why are enzymes important in drug design?
Why are enzymes important in drug design?
What is the term for the substrate concentration that produces ½ Vmax?
What is the term for the substrate concentration that produces ½ Vmax?
What happens to the Km of an enzyme when an uncompetitive inhibitor is added?
What happens to the Km of an enzyme when an uncompetitive inhibitor is added?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Enzyme-Substrate complex?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the Enzyme-Substrate complex?
What is the characteristic of a reversible inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a reversible inhibitor?
What is the effect of an inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme in non-competitive inhibition?
What is the effect of an inhibitor on the Vmax of an enzyme in non-competitive inhibition?
What is the characteristic of an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the result of irreversible inhibition of an enzyme?
What is the result of irreversible inhibition of an enzyme?
What is the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of increasing the substrate concentration on a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the primary role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary role of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the effect of Le Chatelier's principle on the Km of an enzyme in uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the effect of Le Chatelier's principle on the Km of an enzyme in uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to function in physiological conditions?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to function in physiological conditions?
What is the difference between a competitive inhibitor and an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the difference between a competitive inhibitor and an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the most likely model of enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the most likely model of enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the percentage of enzymes that are proteins?
What is the percentage of enzymes that are proteins?
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
What is the term for the unstable arrangement of atoms during a chemical reaction?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to exhibit catalytic activity?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to exhibit catalytic activity?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the term for the reactant in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What does the size of Km indicate about an enzyme?
What does the size of Km indicate about an enzyme?
What is the unit of Kcat?
What is the unit of Kcat?
How does the environment surrounding an enzyme affect its function?
How does the environment surrounding an enzyme affect its function?
What is the purpose of a Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the purpose of a Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the effect of extreme pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the effect of extreme pH changes on enzyme function?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the characteristic of an efficient enzyme?
What is the effect of temperature on the rate of an uncatalyzed reaction?
What is the effect of temperature on the rate of an uncatalyzed reaction?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on an enzyme?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on an enzyme?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What is the primary function of an enzyme in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary function of an enzyme in a chemical reaction?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the term for the energy required to reach the transition state from the ground state of the reactants?
What is the most likely model of enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the most likely model of enzyme-substrate interaction?
What is the primary benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the primary benefit of enzymes increasing the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to increase the rate of chemical reactions?
What is the characteristic of enzymes that allows them to increase the rate of chemical reactions?
Why is it important to study enzyme kinetics?
Why is it important to study enzyme kinetics?
What is the primary function of the active site of an enzyme?
What is the primary function of the active site of an enzyme?
What is the term for the arrangement of atoms in the process of being formed or broken during a chemical reaction?
What is the term for the arrangement of atoms in the process of being formed or broken during a chemical reaction?
What is the primary reason why enzymes are stereospecific?
What is the primary reason why enzymes are stereospecific?
What is the primary characteristic of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary characteristic of a catalyst in a chemical reaction?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What is the primary use of understanding enzyme substrate specificity?
What is the significance of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the significance of the Lineweaver-Burk plot?
What is the effect of a reversible inhibitor on the enzyme's Vmax?
What is the effect of a reversible inhibitor on the enzyme's Vmax?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high catalytic efficiency?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high catalytic efficiency?
What is the effect of environmental changes on enzyme function?
What is the effect of environmental changes on enzyme function?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the purpose of studying enzyme kinetics?
What is the difference between a reversible and an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the difference between a reversible and an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the significance of the Michaelis-Menten equation?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the enzyme's Km?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the enzyme's Km?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high Kcat value?
What is the characteristic of an enzyme with a high Kcat value?
In competitive inhibition, what happens to Vmax?
In competitive inhibition, what happens to Vmax?
What is the characteristic of an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an uncompetitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the effect of adding more substrate to a reaction inhibited by a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of adding more substrate to a reaction inhibited by a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on Vmax?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on Vmax?
What is the characteristic of a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a non-competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibition?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibition?
What is the difference between competitive and uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the difference between competitive and uncompetitive inhibition?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Vmax?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Vmax?
Which type of inhibition occurs when the inhibitor binds to the enzyme-substrate complex?
Which type of inhibition occurs when the inhibitor binds to the enzyme-substrate complex?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the binding of substrate to the enzyme?
What is the effect of a non-competitive inhibitor on the binding of substrate to the enzyme?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibition?
What is the difference between reversible and irreversible inhibition?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of an irreversible inhibitor?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the effect of a competitive inhibitor on Km?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on Vmax and Km?
What is the effect of an uncompetitive inhibitor on Vmax and Km?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the characteristic of a competitive inhibitor?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on the enzyme?
What is the effect of an irreversible inhibitor on the enzyme?
