Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
ISBN: 9780134641621
Author: Dean R. Appling, Spencer J. Anthony-Cahill, Christopher K. Mathews
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 2P
The enzyme urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea to ammonia plus carbon dioxide. At 210C the uncatalyzed reaction has an activation energy of about 125 kJ/mol, whereas in the presence of urease the activation energy is lowered to about 46 kJ/mol. By what factor does urease increase the velocity of the reaction?
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Biochemistry: Concepts and Connections (2nd Edition)
Ch. 8 - Prob. 1PCh. 8 - The enzyme urease catalyzes the hydrolysis of urea...Ch. 8 - An enzyme contains an active site aspartic acid...Ch. 8 - The folding and unfolding rate constants for a...Ch. 8 - In some reactions, in which a protein molecule is...Ch. 8 - Would you expect an “enzyme” designed to bind to...Ch. 8 - The initial rate for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction...Ch. 8 - a. If the total enzyme concentration in Problem 7...Ch. 8 - Prob. 9PCh. 8 - Prob. 10P
Ch. 8 - The following data describe the catalysis of...Ch. 8 - At 37 oC, the serine protease subtilisin has kcat...Ch. 8 - The accompanying figure shows three...Ch. 8 - The steady-state kinetics of an enzyme are studied...Ch. 8 - The same enzyme as in Problem 14 is studied in the...Ch. 8 - Enalapril is an anti-hypertension “pro-drug"...Ch. 8 - Initial rate data for an enzyme that obeys...Ch. 8 - Prob. 18PCh. 8 - Suggest the effects of each of the following...Ch. 8 - The inhibitory effect of an uncompetitive...Ch. 8 - Prob. 21PCh. 8 - Prob. 22PCh. 8 - Prob. 23PCh. 8 - In kinetics experiments, the hydrolysis of the...
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