In a metabolic pathway, what is the rate-limiting reaction?

Q: Although ATP supplies energy to an endergonic reaction, why is it not considered a fuel?

A: Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is defined as a cell’s energy currency. It is a molecule that stores as…

Q: What factors influence enzyme activity? Explain.

A: Enzymes are group of proteins that catalyze non-spontaneous chemical reactions in any biological…

Q: Are enzymes Cofactors?

A: Enzymes are considered as the protein, which is composed of amino acids sequence in the polypeptide…

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: How do enzymes affect the regulation of metabolism?

A: Metabolism is the arrangement of life-supporting chemical reactions in living beings. The three…

Q: What is a catabolic pathway?

A: Biological macromolecule are the molecules that is needed in enough amount for the body . It mainly…

Q: Why does metabolism not grind to a halt when an endergonic reaction occurs within a pathway?

A: The biological process that involves the conversion of absorbed food nutrients to energy by the…

Q: What is the mechanism that controls the rate of a reaction catalyzed by an enzyme?

A: Introduction: The Enzymes are biological catalysts that speed up a process without changing the pace…

Q: What is a rate-limiting enzyme?

A: All enzymes are proteins which are composed of 20 standard amino acids. Enzymes carry out all…

Q: What is an enzyme and what is its function?

A: In our body, various metabolic pathways are present like Glycolysis, glucogenesis, etc. These…

Q: which of the following is a primary function of the active site of an enzyme?

A: Given: Enzymes are the largest and most specialised class of protein molecules. They are composed of…

Q: Identify the role of an enzyme in a metabolic reaction.

A: Enzymes can be defined as proteins that will act as biological catalysts.  Catalysts play the role…

Q: Where on an enzyme does the substrate bind?

A: Enzymes are proteinaceous substances capable of altering the rate of chemical reactions without…

Q: Name three metabolic pathways that can

A: Pyruvate dehydrogenase complex is a multienzyme complex. It is found only in mitochondria. The…

Q: What factors influence enzyme activity?

A: Every biological process relies on enzymes. They catalyze stepwise reactions such as nutrition…

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: What is the definition of a catabolic metabolic pathway? A pathway that releases energy and releases…

A: Metabolism is the collection of chemical events that sustain life in organisms. Metabolism serves…

Q: enzyme-controlled reactions

A: An inhibitor molecule participates with a substrate by attaching to the active site of an enzyme…

Q: what is the substate of enzyme called ATPase

A: ATPases are a group of enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of a phosphate bond in adenosine…

Q: What does it mean to say that an enzyme- catalyzed reaction is either enzyme limited or substrate…

A: The enzymes are the biocatalyst, which speeds up the chemical reaction in the body. The enzymes do…

Q: What happens when enzymes are inactivated?

A: The active site of an enzyme becomes denatured when it loses its ability to operate. The substrate…

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: What are Metabolic Pathways?

A: The cell is the fundamental unit of a living organism. Each and every cell is capable of maintaining…

Q: Why do most enzyme reactions slow down at extremely high temperatures?

A: Enzymes are proteins that act as biological catalysts to accelerate chemical reactions inside the…

Q: The enzymes that are involved in regulation and control of pathways are. . *

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

Q: What is the difference between a linear and a cyclic metabolic pathway?

A: The metabolism involves series of chemical reaction that either breaks (catabolism) or makes…

Q: Is it likely that any metabolic pathway can exist without control mechanisms?

A: There is a regulation and control mechanism for almost all metabolic processes.

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 enzyme catalyzes the reaction?

A: Proteases are usually synthesized as a zymogen. They are activated by proteolytic cleavage by other…

Q: Describe two catalytic mechanisms of enzymes

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

Q: What is a major metabolic pathway?

A: The metabolic processes aid in the growth and reproduction of living creatures as well as the…

Q: Enzymes lower the activation energy, but where does the energy to lower the activation energy come…

A: An enzyme accelerates the rate of a chemical reaction several times as compared to the uncatalyzed…

Q: when endergonic reaction is driven by splitting the ATP molecules, such that both these reactions…

A: An endergonic reaction is a chemical reaction in which energy is absorbed and the change in free…

Q: The metabolic reaction pathway that is responsible for the generation of the most reducing…

A: Metabolic pathways are the series of chemical reactions that occur in the cells which synthesize and…

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: Why is the process of activation a useful strategy in metabolism?

A: Metabolism is the process, which involves the processing of the nutrients in order to acquire energy…

Q: How do enzymes reduce the amount of activation energy needed to make a chemical reaction go?

A: the activation energy for the exergonic reactions without a catalysis enzyme is much higher opposed…

Q: What is meant by substrates of enzymatic reactions?

A: Enzymes are basically catalysts and that increase the pace of a chemical reaction without themselves…

Q: Why do some reactions in metabolic pathways occur, even though the change in standard free energy is…

A: Metabolic pathways are defined as the set of chemical reactions occurring in the body. Metabolic…

Q: The enzyme which catalyzes the reaction below belongs to which enzyme classification?

A: There are seven classes of enzymes, they are Oxidoreductases, Transferases, Isomerases, Hydrolases,…

Q: Which metabolic reaction is convergent? Why?

A: Metabolism is the set of chemical reactions that keep living things alive. The three primary…

Q: What is a metabolic pathway?

A: The cell is the functional unit in all living organisms. The activities of a cell are carried out by…

Q: In enzyme kinetics, why are measurements made at the start of a reaction?

A: An enzyme can be defined as a biological catalyst whose role is to speed up the rate of a chemical…

Q: Classify the enzyme that catalyzes each of the following reactions:

A: Enzymes are bio-catalyst. They lower the activation energy of a enzyme catalyzed reaction. Enzymes…

Q: What are the three principal means of controlling metabolic reactions?

A: The metabolic reaction is used to regulate the metabolic pathways which include anabolic and…

Q: Which feature of the enzyme active site do you expect to increase

A: Since we only answer up to 3 sub-parts, we’ll answer the first 3. Please resubmit the question and…

Q: In chemical reactions involving two or more substrates, how can mere binding of substrates to an…

A: Chemical reaction is a process in which one or more substances, also called reactants, are converted…

Q: What features of enzymes make them so specific in their action?

A: Enzymes are form of proteins which help in catalyzing different biological reactions. The enzymes…