Enzymes sometimes work as a key that opens the lock, if enzyme is the key then what is the physiological name of the molecule that could be the lock?   Would the lock be Substrate?

Q: Why does the specificity of the enzyme promote enzyme activity?

A: A substance produced by living organism that acts as catalyst to bring specific biochemical reaction…

Q: which reaction is not possible in biological system?

A: The reaction that takes place inside a biological system is called a biological reaction. A…

Q: A student in your lab has been trying to run an enzymatic reaction, but it continually fails. You…

A: Proteins are polymers of amino acids that are joined to form a polypeptide chain. The polypeptide…

Q: The binding of Protein X to the active site of an enzyme represents which type of enzyme regulation?

A: Enzyme regulation is the process where the activity of enzymes is controlled either by increasing or…

Q: If the shape of an enzyme’s active site were to change, what would happen to the reaction that the…

A: An enzyme is a protein molecule which helps to increase the chemical metabolic reactions inside the…

Q: What would happen in an enzyme-mediated reaction if the product formed was immediately used up or…

A: Enzymes are biocatalyst which enhances the rate of reaction of all biochemical events in the cells.…

Q: What determines the specificity of an enzyme

A: Enzymes are generally substances, proteins, or ribonucleic acids (RNAs), that speed up or slow down…

Q: List five characteristics of enzymes.

A: Enzymes  Enzymes are protein that act as catalyst in a biological reactions. They are also known as…

Q: process of lowering the activation energy of a chemical reaction is called?

A: Activation energy is the energy that should be provided to a chemical system so as to carry out the…

Q: Another of the six enzyme classes is which of the following? enzymes catalyze. These classes include…

A: Enzyme classification: Enzymes are classified into six major classes namely hydrolases,…

Q: Which of the following statements about enzymes or their function is true?

A: Enzymes are  highly specialized proteins that have extraordinary catalytic power, greater than that…

Q: Factors that affect the activity of an enzyme molecule includea. the potential energy stored in the…

A: Enzymes can be defined as proteins that will act as biological catalysts or biocatalysts). Catalysts…

Q: 4. How would you summarize the effect of enzyme concentration on enzyme activity?

A: Enzymes are biological catalysts that increase the rate of reactions taking place in the living…

Q: Briefly discuss three (3) reasons why enzyme reactions are better than its chemical reactions…

A: Enzymes are the biocatalyst that increases the rate of reaction without itself being changed or used…

Q: Enzyme X has an optimal pH that is basic. If you were to design an experiment to determine the…

A: Enzymes are protein compounds with catalytic activity. These are amphoteric molecules with both…

Q: Why is concentration of an enzyme in a cell is much lower than that of its substrate?

A: The enzyme acts as a biological catalyst and speeds up metabolic reactions. Enzymes have active…

Q: What is the activation center of an enzyme? Is it the key or the lock of the lock and key model?

A: Enzymes are the biological compounds that act as catalyst and perform biological reaction. The main…

Q: Does an enzyme-mediated reaction need the same, more, or less activation energy than the same…

A: An enzyme is a substance that acts as a catalyst in living organisms, regulating the rate at which…

Q: Why do enzymes act only on very specific substrates?

A: Enzymes are protein molecules that specifically speed up the rate of virtually all of the chemical…

Q: The following diagram shows and enzyme (in gray) that has transiently bound cyclic AMP, a signaling…

A: Active sites of an enzyme have some special binding properties as they have amino acid residues that…

Q: Enzyme increase the activation energy of the reactants to speed up the reaction.

A: Introduction Enzymes are proteins that enable metabolism, or chemical reactions, go more quickly.…

Q: what is the physiological significance of enzymes

A: Enzymes are proteins that are produced naturally in the body. They are active when present in very…

Q: Describe three functions of coenzymes in enzyme activity.

A: Coenzyme is an organic cofactor.

Q: How does an enzyme lower the activation energy of a reaction? Draw a graph showing the difference of…

A: The enzyme is the proteinaceous molecule that helps in the speeding up of any chemical reaction in…

Q: In addition to having 6 major classes that display different reactions, enzymes are specific and…

A: Enzymes are a proteins which has the capability to alter a chemical reaction of the biological…

Q: What effect does an enzyme have on the required activation energy of a reaction?

A: Introduction :- The smallest amount of additional energy required by a reactive molecule to…

Q: Why is it advantageous for a metabolic pathway to have a large number of steps?

A: A metabolic pathway is a step by step series of interconnected biochemical reactions that convert a…

Q: Which of the following are NOT true of enzymes?

A: Enzymes are the biological molecules that help in speeding up the rate of the biochemical reaction.…

Q: Describe two catalytic mechanisms of enzymes

A: The rate of a reaction is directly proportional to the enzyme concentration present. The enzymes…

Q: Which of the following statements describes a dimeric allosteric enzyme following the concerted…

A: Introduction: Enzymes are proteins that serves as biological catalysts. They increase the pace of…

Q: Does the enzyme described in each of the following statementsrequire a cofactor to be active?(a)…

A: Enzyme : Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts . The molecules upon which enzymes…

Q: Define chemical equilibrium in the context of a chemical reaction.  Why is this condition not…

A: Chemical equilibrium is a condition where no net change in the amounts of reactants and products…

Q: Why are most enzymes larger than the substrates on which they act?

A: Enzymes are bio-catalyst that participate in catalyzing metabolic reactions. Enzymes are mostly…

Q: An enzyme has a single active site at which it can bind and hydrolyze either X or Y but the enzyme…

A: Ans:- The correct options are a, b, c and f. The Km for X will be affected if Y is present in the…

Q: Can a chemical reaction takes place without the application of enzyme or catalyst? Why or why not?

A: Introduction:  A chemical reaction is a change in which one or more substances undergo conversion to…

Q: Explain the relation between the transition state and the active site of an enzyme, and list the…

A: The site of an enzyme where substrate binds and proceeds to the chemical reaction is known as active…

Q: Which of the following enzyme classes catalyze reactions in which two molecules become covalently…

A: Based on the reaction they catalyse , the enzymes are classified in different…

Q: Enzymes, using a network of amino acid side chains, are optimized to bind the ground state of a…

A: “Since you have asked multiple question, we will solve the first question for you. If you want any…

Q: Substrates bind to an enzymes site

A: Enzymes are biocatalysts that speed up the rate of a chemical reaction inside the body. The enzymes…

Q: A very special property of enzymes is Feedback inhibition. What is feedback inhibition? Draw a…

A: Feedback inhibition- Feedback inhibition is found in allosteric enzymes and is a type of reversible…

Q: What is enzyme?  which type of molecule are most enzymes? what enzyme are we working with today?

A: A reaction comprises substrates that react with one another to form the product. The rate of a…

Q: Why do enzymes bind to substrates?

A: An enzyme is a biocatalyst that increases the rate of chemical reaction without itself being changed…

Q: why does an enzyme not work well if its active site is changed

A: *An enzyme doesn't work well when it's active site is changed because; -Every enzyme works on a…

Q: OH CH3CHCO2- CH3CCO2-

A: In the given reaction lactate is converted into pyruvate.

Q: H;C CH3 CH3 `CH3 H;C° H

A: An enzyme area where substrate molecules bind and undergo a chemical reaction is the active site.…

Q: Wolfenden has stated that it is meaningless to distinguish between the “binding sites” and the…

A: Binding sites : It is a position on a protein that binds to an incoming molecule that is smaller…

Q: The site on the enzyme surface where the reactant fits is referred to as the __________

A: An enzyme It can be defined as a substance that acts as a catalyst in the living organisms. It…

Q: Why is ATP alone not an effective allosteric regulator of enzyme activity?

A: Allosteric regulation is a type of regulation in which a regulator binds to the enzyme and controls…