ENZYMES
Cards (50)
- What is the protein part of an enzyme without a cofactor called?
- What is the complete enzyme with its cofactor called?
- How do enzymes speed up reactions?
- What is the site where substrate binds called?
- Who proposed the lock-and-key model?
- Who proposed the induced-fit model?
- What are non-protein helpers required by some enzymes called?
- What are organic cofactors often derived from vitamins called?
- What is a permanently bound coenzyme called?
- What are inactive enzyme precursors called?
- What type of enzyme catalyzes redox reactions?
- What type of enzyme transfers functional groups?
- What type of enzyme catalyzes hydrolysis?
- What type of enzyme catalyzes bond cleavage without water?
- What type of enzyme rearranges molecules?
- What type of enzyme forms bonds using ATP?
- What factors affect enzyme activity?
- Where does a competitive inhibitor bind?
- Where does a noncompetitive inhibitor bind?
- What do irreversible inhibitors usually form?
- What does the Michaelis constant (Km) measure?
- What does a low Km indicate?
- What is the maximal rate of an enzyme called?
- What does the turnover number (kcat) refer to?
- What type of kinetics do allosteric enzymes usually show?
- When does feedback inhibition occur?
- At what pH does pepsin work best?
- At what pH does trypsin work best?
- What does chymotrypsin cleave next to?
- What does trypsin cleave next to?
- What is the catalytic triad in serine proteases?
- What does enzyme denaturation usually affect?
- How does enzyme activity change with temperature?
- What cofactors are metal ions?
- What enzyme catalyzes CO₂ hydration?
- What enzyme joins DNA fragments?
- What enzyme synthesizes RNA from DNA?
- What enzyme unwinds DNA?
- What enzyme breaks down hydrogen peroxide?
- What enzyme adds phosphate groups?