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What is the primary function of enzymes in living organisms?
What is the characteristic that allows enzymes to catalyze only one specific reaction or a small group of related reactions?
Which type of enzyme catalyzes the formation of new chemical bonds?
What is the mathematical model that describes the kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions?
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What is the term for the maximum velocity of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction?
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What is the type of enzyme regulation that involves the binding of effectors to allosteric sites?
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What is the term for the inhibition of an enzyme by the product of a reaction?
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What is the modification of an enzyme through covalent bonds, which can either activate or inhibit enzyme activity?
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Study Notes
Enzymology: Definition and Overview
- Enzymology is the study of enzymes, which are biological molecules (proteins or RNA) that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms.
- Enzymes act as catalysts, increasing the rates of chemical reactions without being consumed or altered in the process.
Characteristics of Enzymes
- High specificity: Enzymes are highly specific, meaning they only catalyze one specific reaction or a small group of related reactions.
- High efficiency: Enzymes can speed up reactions by a factor of 10^6 to 10^12, making them highly efficient.
- Optimal temperature and pH: Enzymes have optimal temperatures and pH ranges at which they are most active.
- Reversible inhibition: Enzymes can be inhibited by reversible inhibitors, which bind to the active site or allosteric site, reducing enzyme activity.
Types of Enzymes
- Oxidoreductases: catalyze oxidation and reduction reactions
- Transferases: catalyze the transfer of functional groups between molecules
- Hydrolases: catalyze the hydrolysis of chemical bonds
- Ligases: catalyze the formation of new chemical bonds
- Isomerases: catalyze the rearrangement of molecules
- Lyases: catalyze the cleavage of various chemical bonds
Enzyme Kinetics
- Michaelis-Menten equation: a mathematical model describing the kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions
- Vmax: the maximum velocity of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction
- Km: the Michaelis constant, which represents the enzyme's binding affinity for the substrate
Enzyme Regulation
- Allosteric regulation: the binding of effectors to allosteric sites, which can either activate or inhibit enzyme activity
- Feedback inhibition: the inhibition of an enzyme by the product of a reaction, which helps to regulate the amount of product formed
- Covalent modification: the modification of an enzyme through covalent bonds, which can either activate or inhibit enzyme activity
Enzymology: Definition and Overview
- Enzymes are biological molecules (proteins or RNA) that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms without being consumed or altered in the process.
Characteristics of Enzymes
- Enzymes have high specificity, meaning they only catalyze one specific reaction or a small group of related reactions.
- Enzymes can speed up reactions by a factor of 10^6 to 10^12, making them highly efficient.
- Enzymes have optimal temperatures and pH ranges at which they are most active.
- Enzymes can be inhibited by reversible inhibitors, which bind to the active site or allosteric site, reducing enzyme activity.
Types of Enzymes
- Oxidoreductases catalyze oxidation and reduction reactions.
- Transferases catalyze the transfer of functional groups between molecules.
- Hydrolases catalyze the hydrolysis of chemical bonds.
- Ligases catalyze the formation of new chemical bonds.
- Isomerases catalyze the rearrangement of molecules.
- Lyases catalyze the cleavage of various chemical bonds.
Enzyme Kinetics
- The Michaelis-Menten equation is a mathematical model describing the kinetics of enzyme-catalyzed reactions.
- Vmax is the maximum velocity of an enzyme-catalyzed reaction.
- Km is the Michaelis constant, which represents the enzyme's binding affinity for the substrate.
Enzyme Regulation
- Allosteric regulation involves the binding of effectors to allosteric sites, which can either activate or inhibit enzyme activity.
- Feedback inhibition involves the inhibition of an enzyme by the product of a reaction, which helps to regulate the amount of product formed.
- Covalent modification involves the modification of an enzyme through covalent bonds, which can either activate or inhibit enzyme activity.
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Learn about enzymes, biological molecules that speed up chemical reactions in living organisms, and their characteristics such as high specificity and efficiency.
