Cofactors for Enzymes

Question 1

A substance that enhances the action of an enzyme. They cannot by themselves catalyze a reaction but they can help enzymes to do so. It is a organic or metalorganic molecules?

Answer 1

Coenzymes

Question 2

It can be either ions or a substance (other than the substrate) whose presence is essential for the activity of an enzyme.

Answer 2

Cofactor

Question 3

An enzyme without its cofactor is referred as an ______.

Answer 3

Apoenzyme

Question 4

It is the active forms of enzymes that requires cofactor?

Answer 4

Haloenzyme

Question 5

It is the cofactors that bind tightly to proteins or enzymes. It can be organic or metal ions and are often attached to proteins by a covalent bond. The same cofactors can bind multiple different types of enzymes and may bind some enzymes loosely, as a coenzyme, and others tightly.

Answer 5

Prosthetic group

Question 6

It is a measure of rate at which an enzyme converts substrate to products?

Answer 6

Enzyme Activity

Question 7

3 Factors Affecting enzyme Activity?

Answer 7

1. Substrate concentration
2. pH
3. Temperature