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In 1911, the Polish scientist Casimir Funk proposed that a limited diet of polished white rice (rice without the husks) caused beriberi, a disease of the central nervous system. Even though history has proven him correct—beriberi is caused by a thiamine deficiency, which in his day resulted from unsophisticated milling techniques that removed the thiamine-rich husks—Funk was criticized by his contemporaries, who told him to find the microbe that caused beriberi. Explain how the prevailing scientific philosophy of the day shaped the point of view of Funk’s detractors.
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In 1971, Dr. Akira Endo, working at the
Sankyo company in Tokyo speculated that fungi not
only contained antibiotics but also inhibitors of other
processes such as cholesterol metabolism. Over a
period of several years, he screened more than 6,000
fungal cultures until a positive result emerged. This
compound, which was named compactin, came from
the blue-green mold Penicillium citrinum Pen-5 that
was isolated from a rice sample collected at a grain
shop in Kyoto. Based on biochemical assays,
compactin is the first known statin.
1. The original kinetics data for compactin inhibition
of HMG-CoA reductase enzyme that was published
by Dr. Endo in 1976 is shown on the right.
a) Determine the Km and Vmax values for enzymatic
activity. Do NOT forget the units. Answers can be
expressed either as a fraction or in decimals.
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0.3
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