There are microorganisms that live in extreme environments like volcanic vents which temperature reaches to 80 degrees celsius. Considering enzymes experience denaturation at higher temperatures, how do the enzymes of these microorganisms remain active at such extreme condition?

Q: Using lysozyme as an example, what can an enzyme’s structure reveal about its catalytic mechanism?

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Q: Enzymes use several types of catalytic mechanisms. Differentiate between acid-base catalysis,…

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Q: In covalent catalysis, either nucleophilic catalysis or electrophilic catalysis occurs. Do you agree…

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Q: As you know, enzymes are not changed in chemical reactions. If enzymes were changed or were used up…

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Q: Is there a difference between the initial and the final energy levels in catalyzed and non-catalyzed…

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Q: Can you explain in detail why do cells use general acid catalysis and not specific acid catalysis?

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Q: What reactions of glycolysis are not readily reversible under intracellular conditions?

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Q: Lead exerts its poisonous effect on enzymes by two mechanisms. Which mechanism is irreversible and…

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Q: If an enzyme does not alter the equilibrium constant of areaction, how does it speed up the…

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Q: Substrates and reactive groups in an enzyme’s active site must be precisely aligned in order for a…

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Q: Considering that enzymes are essential to all cells, including microbes, why might refrigeration and…

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Q: Many organisms are able to live in extremely cold or hot temperatures, for example, the thermophilic…

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Q: Enzymes are able to reduce the activation energy barrier in a number of ways. List at least three…

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Q: What happens to the enzyme’s native conformation once it is denatured? What structural organization…

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Q: When chewing white bread, a sweet flavor generally begins to develop and the bread tastes sweeter…

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Q: Many isolated enzymes, if incubated at 37°C, will be denatured. However, if the enzymes are…

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Q: At what temperature do the two enzymes have the same amount of activity?

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

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Q: Are enzyme-catalyzed reactions examples of homogeneous or heterogeneous catalysis?

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Q: Why and how do enzymes get denatured by heat and some organic reagents? What's the concept of it?

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Q: Assume you have an enzyme that catalyzes a reaction that breaks down dopachrome. At t = 0 s, the…

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Q: What general effects would you expect the following changes to have on the rate of an…

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Q: Each of the following enzymes catalyzes what sort of reaction? citrate decarboxylase (a. citrate…

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

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Q: What would be the result of an enzyme having a greater binding energy for the substrate than for the…

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

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Q: Since cells of Halobacterium require high levels of Na+ for growth,why is this not true for the…

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Q: Do all enzymes display kinetics that obey the Michaelis– Menten equation? Which ones do not?

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Q: At which temperature did your amylase enzyme fail to function at all ?

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Q: Streptokinase is an enzyme produced by Streptococci bacteria and is used to digest fibrin clots. It…

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Q: What general kinds of reactions do the following types of enzymes catalyze?(a) Kinases (b)…

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Q: The prepared dish called squash soup, what is the enzymes that may potentially occuring in it?

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Q: In two to three sentences, what are the biochemical features and properties of enzymes?

A: Almost all enzymes are the proteins. Enzymes like any proteins have a primary structure ie the…

Q: Why are such allosteric enzymes composed of more than one catalytic subunit?

A: Many enzymes are composed of multiple subunits.

Q: Describe the reactants and products of the following enzyme catalyzed reaction. Names of molecules…

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Q: What are the sources of the catalytic power and specificity of enzymes?

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Q: In a typical enzyme-catalyzed reaction, what are the relative concentrations of reactants and…

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Q: Why does the enzyme activity eventually fall as more PALA is present?

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

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Q: Catalysis involves overcoming the activation energy barrier of a reaction. What are three ways by…

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Q: Why are the first three steps in cellular respiration considered catabolic?

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Q: For a lot of enzymes that work on fatty acids, the rate determining step is the release of the…

A: Firstly, fatty acid synthesis is synthesis of fatty acids from acetyl-CoA and also utilizing NADPH.…