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Author: Cummings
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Chapter 10, Problem 3QP
Enzymes have all the following characteristics except:
- a. they act as biological catalysts
- b. they are proteins
- c. they carry out random
chemical reactions - d. they convert substrates into products
- e. they can cause genetic disease
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Ch. 10.4 - Prob. 1GRCh. 10.4 - Prob. 2GRCh. 10.7 - Prob. 1EGCh. 10.7 - Prob. 2EGCh. 10 - A couple was referred for genetic counseling...Ch. 10 - A couple was referred for genetic counseling...Ch. 10 - A couple was referred for genetic counseling...Ch. 10 - Many individuals with metabolic diseases are...Ch. 10 - Prob. 2QPCh. 10 - Enzymes have all the following characteristics...
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