You have obtained experimental kinetic data for two versions of the same enzyme, a wild-type and a mutant differing from the wild-type at a single amino acid. The data are given in the table. Wild-type Mutant max (μmol min Vo 100 1 Compare the kinetic parameters of the two versions using the data in the table. = KM (mm) 10 0.1 Assuming a two-step reaction scheme in which k_₁ is much larger than k2, which of the following statements are correct? Calculate the initial velocity of the reaction catalyzed by the wild-type enzyme when the substrate concentration is 10 mm. The mutant version has a higher affinity for the substrate. The wild-type version has a higher affinity for the substrate. The mutant version requires a greater concentration of substrate to achieve Vmax. The wild-type version requires a greater concentration of substrate to achieve Vmax. μmol min¹
Catalysis and Enzymatic Reactions
Catalysis is the kind of chemical reaction in which the rate (speed) of a reaction is enhanced by the catalyst which is not consumed during the process of reaction and afterward it is removed when the catalyst is not used to make up the impurity in the product. The enzymatic reaction is the reaction that is catalyzed via enzymes.
Lock And Key Model
The lock-and-key model is used to describe the catalytic enzyme activity, based on the interaction between enzyme and substrate. This model considers the lock as an enzyme and the key as a substrate to explain this model. The concept of how a unique distinct key only can have the access to open a particular lock resembles how the specific substrate can only fit into the particular active site of the enzyme. This is significant in understanding the intermolecular interaction between proteins and plays a vital role in drug interaction.
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