Core Knowledge Weekly Questions

Question 1

What type of Enzymes are Digestive Enzymes?

Answer 1

Extra-cellular

Question 2

What temporarily holds the substrate and active site together?

Answer 2

Hydrogen bonds

Question 3

Name the type of inhibitor that binds to the active site?

Answer 3

Competitive

Question 4

Where precisely does the inhibitor bind in a non-competitive enzyme complex?

Answer 4

Allosteric site

Question 5

Sketch a graph to show what happens to the rate of reaction with a fixed concentration of competitive inhibitor?

Answer 5

See on paper

Question 6

What is the term used to describe a permanent attachment to an enzyme to help is action?

Answer 6

Prosthetic

Question 7

What protein structure makes up the active site of an enzyme?

Answer 7

Primary

Question 8

Define the temperature coefficient? (Q10)

Answer 8

The increase in the rate when the temperature is increased by 10oc. In labs, this is 2 (rate doubles every 10^oc)

Question 9

State the type of energy the enzymes and substrates gain when the temperature increases?

Answer 9

Kinetic Energy

Question 10

State the molecule that bind temporarily to enzymes but are NOT made of proteins?

Answer 10

Coenzymes