Reaction rates are linked to standard free energy change, DGº, for biochemical reactions.

Q: Define an enzyme in biochemical terms and its function.

A: The human body is composed of different types of cells, tissues, and other complex organs. In order…

Q: Explain how reaction velocity is determined and how reaction velocities are used to characterize…

A: Enzymes are proteins that are used to accelerate chemical reactions in which substrates are…

Q: In this setup, the rate of the reaction can be increased by

A: Photosynthesis is the process by which plants synthesize their own food in the presence of sunlight.…

Q: Why is ΔG a useful quantity for predicting the favorability of biochemical reactions?

A: Gibbs free energy change (ΔG) is the most useful measure for predicting the direction of chemical…

Q: Enzymes increase the rate of reaction by increasing molecular motion, thereby providing the energy…

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Q: the ability to carry out biochemical reactions is?

A: A biochemical reaction is such a chemical reaction that requires a specific biological catalyst…

Q: Explain the biochemical basis of how temperature and pH affect enzyme activity. What are the changes…

A: Enzymes are the biomolecules which catalyze the biochemical reactions and increases the rate of the…

Q: Briefly discuss the impact of changes in both temperature and pH on enzyme activity.

A: The enzyme can be defined as the substance that will acts as a catalyst in living organisms,…

Q: Show that the half-life for a first-order reaction is inversely proportional tothe rate constant,…

A: First-order reaction is the reaction that depends on the concentration of only one reactant.

Q: End products of biochemical reactions are often acids or alkalies Name two tests for reactions that…

A: A biochemical reaction is the transformation of one molecule to a different molecule inside a cell.…

Q: The role of an enzyme in an enzyme-catalyzed reaction is to make the reaction more thermodynamically…

A: The enzyme-catalyzed reaction involves the enzyme, which helps in the conversion of substrate into…

Q: Why is it somewhat misleading to study biochemical pathways separately?

A: A biomolecule is a chemical compound situated in living organisms. These are known as the building…

Q: Discuss enzyme kinetics.

A: Enzyme kinetics is the study of the chemical reactions that are catalyzed by enzymes. In enzyme…

Q: Describe the effect of catalysis on activation energy.

A: Chemical reaction is a process that involves the rearrangement of ionic or molecular structure of a…

Q: A model is proposed to explain the reaction catalyzed by an enzyme. Experimentally obtained rate…

A: The rate of reaction is expressed in terms of change in the concentration of a reactant or product.…

Q: What are the four necessary conditions that define the biochemical standard state?

A: A typical situation is an irrational situation set for something in order to create a standard…

Q: Mechanisms of catalysis: Electrostatic catalysis         summary + example

A: Catalyst is a substance that helps in the process of catalysis. This substance is characterized by…

Q: In glucose estimation using Benedict's Reagent, what is/are the chemical reaction/s that resulted in…

A: Benedict reagent contains potassium thiocyanate, copper sulphate and sodium carbonate.  This reagent…

Q: What are the main elements that provide clues to the outcome of a biochemical reaction

A: Biochemical reactions are chemical reactions that take place inside the cells of living things. The…

Q: Explain the two models of enzyme catalysis.

A: Most of the enzymes are proteins and the enzyme was biological catalyst where it speeds up the…

Q: Why is the regulation of biochemical processes important?List three reasons

A: The reactions which take place in living beings are called biochemical processes. The regulation of…

Q: Use the plot provided to estimate Km and Vmax values for both with and without inhibitor of the…

A: Those proteins which help to speed up the chemical reaction are referred to as enzymes. The rate of…

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: Why is understanding reaction rates significant? Indicate at least 3 key importance of understanding…

A: Enzymes are biocatalyst that increases the speed of reaction by lowering the activation…

Q: True or False Immobilization improves the stability of the enzyme. EnaLne, has a half-life of 10…

A: The enzyme is a substance found in living beings that works as a catalyst, controlling the speed at…

Q: Briefly describe two strategies used in metabolism so that a thermodynamically unfavorable (a…

A: All cellular activities proceed by biochemical reactions inside the cells. Metabolic reactions are…

Q: Give applications of enzyme kinetics

A: Enzyme kinetics: It is the quantitative study of enzyme catalysis. It measures reaction rates and…

Q: To catalyze a biochemical reaction, an enzyme typically dissociates into additional reactant…

A: Enzymes are mostly made up of protein. Some of the enzymes are made up of RNA. Enzymes are…

Q: Reactions that are energetically unfavorable can proceed on their own..

A: Energetically unfavorable reactions are the ones that are paid for by linked, energetically…

Q: Activity results of this experiment to show the optimum pH for this reaction USAUG COU

A: The absorbance depicts the activity of an enzyme. The ph is defined as the negative logarithm of…

Q: Define homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis.

A: Catalysts are molecules which speed up the chemical reactions. Catalysts can be of various types…

Q: In biochemical processes, the hydrolysis of _____________ensures that a reaction goes to completion.

A: Hydrolysis is a process in which a molecule is reacted with water and it gets hydrolyzed or cleaved…

Q: What is the Main Rule of Bioenergetics in living organisms? -How does the principal of additive…

A: In biology, a living organism is an individual that has characteristics such as growth, movement,…

Q: The membrane proteins are mostly glycoproteins in association with enzymes to hasten the biochemical…

A: Introduction: The biological membranes that separate the cell inside from the outside environment…

Q: What Can We Learn About Biochemical Events From Thermodynamic Parameters?

A: There are many metrics that may provide information on biochemical processes; nevertheless, a single…

Q: DNS reaction is an alternative assay for enzyme activity .What is involved or basis for this…

A: DNS or Dinitrosalicylic acid reaction is used to detect the presence of reducing sugars present in…

Q: For which purpose the method of measuring biochemical demand is used?

A: Most natural waters contain small quantities of organic compounds. Aquatic microorganisms have…

Q: Identification of the active site of an enzyme Enzyme catalysis

A: Introduction: Enzymes are the protein that increases the reaction rate that occurs in the living…

Q: Define steady state, and comment on the relevance of this concept to theories of enzyme reactivity

A: Enzymes are typically protein molecules that speed up the rate of chemical reactions. In other…

Q: Many biochemical reactions proceed slowly unless the energy barrier to the reaction is lowered. How…

A: Biochemical reactions are the process of transformation of one biomolecule into a different…

Q: Methods and procedures that can be used to make a biological preparation that can be used to…

A: Chymotrypsin is a digestive protease enzyme belonging to a super family of enzyme serine proteases.…

Q: True or false photochemicals in food are hypothesized to act as the primary source of antioxidants…

A: The chemicals which occur naturally in plants and protect human health are called phytochemicals.

Q: Briefly explain how enzymes decrease the activation energy of biochemical reactions.

A: Enzymes are proteins that act as biochemical catalysts in speeding up a biochemical reaction. It…

Q: List down the properties of an ideal carrier matrix for enzyme immobilization.

A: Enzymes can be used as catalytic agents in medical and industrial applications. Such enzymes are…

Q: Explain how the observation that reaction (B) runs faster than reaction (A) is related to the enzyme…

A: Michaelis-Menten model of enzyme kinetics is a very useful model which describe the relationship…