Biochemistry
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Author: Mary K. Campbell, Shawn O. Farrell, Owen M. McDougal
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REFLECT AND APPLY If only a few of the amino acid residues of an enzyme are involved in its catalytic activity, why does the enzyme need such a large number of amino acids?
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Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY An enzyme catalyzes the...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Can the presence of a catalyst...Ch. 6 - RECALL For the hypothetical reaction 3A+2B2C+3D...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY The enzyme lactate dehydrogenase...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Would you use a pH meter to...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Suggest a reason for carrying...Ch. 6 - RECALL Distinguish between the lock-and-key and...Ch. 6 - RECALL Using an energy diagram, show why the...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Other things being equal, what...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Amino acids that are far apart...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY If only a few of the amino acid...Ch. 6 - RECALL Show graphically how the reaction velocity...Ch. 6 - RECALL Define steady state, and comment on the...Ch. 6 - RECALL How is the turnover number of an enzyme...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL For an enzyme that displays...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL Determine the values of KM and Vmax...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL The kinetic data in the following...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL The enzyme -methylaspartase catalyzes...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL The hydrolysis of a...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL For the Vmax obtained in Question 26,...Ch. 6 - MATHEMATICAL You do an enzyme kinetic experiment...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY The enzyme D-amino acid oxidase...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why is it useful to plot rate...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Under what conditions can we...Ch. 6 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS Why does acetazolamide...Ch. 6 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS How did scientists...Ch. 6 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS How do the KM values for...Ch. 6 - Prob. 38RECh. 6 - RECALL What are the three most common mechanisms...Ch. 6 - RECALL What is the biggest difference between a...Ch. 6 - RECALL How do scientists determine the KM of a...Ch. 6 - Prob. 42RECh. 6 - Prob. 43RECh. 6 - RECALL Do all enzymes display kinetics that obey...Ch. 6 - RECALL How can you recognize an enzyme that does...Ch. 6 - RECALL If we describe an enzyme like aspartate...Ch. 6 - RECALL How can competitive and pure noncompetitive...Ch. 6 - RECALL Why does a competitive inhibitor not change...Ch. 6 - RECALL Why does a pure noncompetitive inhibitor...Ch. 6 - RECALL Distinguish between the molecular...Ch. 6 - RECALL Can enzyme inhibition be reversed in all...Ch. 6 - RECALL Why is a Lineweaver-Burk plot useful in...Ch. 6 - RECALL Where do lines intersect on a...Ch. 6 - RECALL What is the difference between pure and...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Why can we say that having a...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY When we compare the binding of I...Ch. 6 - RECALL Why does the apparent KM decrease in the...Ch. 6 - RECALL What is a suicide substrate? Why are they...Ch. 6 - RECALL If we made a Lineweaver-Burk plot of an...Ch. 6 - Prob. 60RECh. 6 - MATHEMATICAL For the following aspartase reaction...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Is it good (or bad) that enzymes...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Noncompetitive inhibition is a...Ch. 6 - BIOCHEMICAL CONNECTIONS You have been hired by a...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Would you expect an irreversible...Ch. 6 - REFLECT AND APPLY Would you expect the structure...Ch. 6 - Prob. 67RECh. 6 - Prob. 68RE
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