v (micromol/sec) 120 100 80 60 40 20 0 <--X ...... Y 20 40 [A] (micromolar) 60 Enzyme X must have 2 active sites, whereas enzyme Y has only 1. The Kd for enzyme X is 25 micromolar. 80 At low substrate concentrations, enzyme Y is more effective than enzyme X at converting substrate A into product. 100 Enzyme Y reaches Vmax faster than enzyme X. At saturating substrate concentrations, enzyme X produces more product per unit time than does enzyme Y.

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The 2 eynzymes are affected by a substrate. Choose all correct answers.

v (micromol/sec)
120
100
80
60
40
20
-X
......Y
20
40
[A] (micromolar)
60
Enzyme X must have 2 active sites, whereas enzyme Y has only 1.
The Kd for enzyme X is 25 micromolar.
80
At low substrate concentrations, enzyme Y is more effective than enzyme X at
converting substrate A into product.
100
Enzyme Y reaches Vmax faster than enzyme X.
At saturating substrate concentrations, enzyme X produces more product per unit time
than does enzyme Y.
Transcribed Image Text:v (micromol/sec) 120 100 80 60 40 20 -X ......Y 20 40 [A] (micromolar) 60 Enzyme X must have 2 active sites, whereas enzyme Y has only 1. The Kd for enzyme X is 25 micromolar. 80 At low substrate concentrations, enzyme Y is more effective than enzyme X at converting substrate A into product. 100 Enzyme Y reaches Vmax faster than enzyme X. At saturating substrate concentrations, enzyme X produces more product per unit time than does enzyme Y.
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