Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 10.2, Problem 1RIA
Why is ATP called a high-energy molecule? How is this related to its phosphate transfer potential?
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Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 10.1 - Figure 10.2 The Relationship of G to the...Ch. 10.1 - What kinds of work are carried out in a cell?...Ch. 10.1 - What is thermodynamics? Summarize the first and...Ch. 10.1 - Define entropy and enthalpy. Do living cells...Ch. 10.1 - Prob. 4RIACh. 10.1 - Prob. 5RIACh. 10.2 - Why is ATP called a high-energy molecule? How is...Ch. 10.2 - Describe the energy cycle and ATPs role in it....Ch. 10.3 - Prob. 1MICh. 10.3 - Prob. 2MI
Ch. 10.4 - Figure 10.6 Electron Movement and Reduction...Ch. 10.4 - How is the direction of electron flow between...Ch. 10.4 - When electrons flow from the NAD+/NADH conjugate...Ch. 10.4 - Which among the following would be the best...Ch. 10.4 - In general terms, how is G related to E0? What is...Ch. 10.4 - Name and briefly describe the major electron...Ch. 10.6 - Will an enzyme with a relatively high Km have a...Ch. 10.6 - Prob. 2MICh. 10.6 - What is an apoenzyme? A holoenzyme? What are the...Ch. 10.6 - Illustrate the effect enzymes have on the...Ch. 10.6 - How does enzyme activity change with substrate...Ch. 10.6 - What special properties might an enzyme isolated...Ch. 10.6 - What are competitive and noncompetitive...Ch. 10.6 - How are enzymes and ribozymes similar? How do they...Ch. 10.7 - Figure 10.19 Allosteric Regulation. The structure...Ch. 10.7 - Figure 10.21 Feedback Inhibition. Feedback...Ch. 10.7 - Briefly describe the three ways a metabolic...Ch. 10.7 - Define the terms metabolic channeling and...Ch. 10.7 - Define allosteric enzyme and allosteric effector.Ch. 10.7 - Prob. 4RIACh. 10.7 - Prob. 5RIACh. 10.7 - What is the significance of the fact that...Ch. 10 - Examine the structures of macromolecules in...Ch. 10 - Most enzymes do not operate at their biochemical...Ch. 10 - Examine the branched pathway shown here for the...Ch. 10 - Prob. 4CHI
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