Enzymes Flashcards
Importance of enzymes
- inheratple disorders due to defficancy (pku) or excessive activity of gene (onka genes overactivity)
- Important in diagnosing illnesses (heart attack - enzimes leak into blood)
- drugs exert bilogical effects through interactions with enzymes (asprin, dec. inflamation)
- used in chemical industry, food procesing, agraculture
Enzymes lower
activation energy
Catalyze reactions to high rates (107-1019 times greater)
Activation energy is the
ammount of energy required to convert 1 mol of substrait from ground state to transition state (top of hill - unstable)
is overcome with enzymes via an alternate pasthway
Enzymes do not
alter the standard free energy of rxm.
dosnt change thermodynamics, only kenetics
Phosphatases
Catalyze hydrolytic removal of a phosphate group from a molecule
Kinases
Catalyze the addition of phosphate group to molecule
ATPases
Hydrolyze ATP. Energy-harnessing ATPase activity as part of their function
GTPases
Hydrolyze GTP. Play a role in the regulation of cell processes
Proteases
Break down proteins, hydrolyze peptide bonds between amino acids
The active site brings substrates into favorable conformations with
several amino acid side chains directly involved in the coordination, making, and breaking of bonds.
the 3-D structure of the reactive center of an enzime is formed by the
the folded domains of the protein
The active site of enzymes generate a highly selective environment in which
specific chemical reactions occur without generating unwanted side reactions.
Substrate is
a reactant that binds to the active site
lock in key
complemeary exact fit
both rigid
induced fit
some flexability in enzyme shape
adjustments made allow for better fit (enhanced catalisis)
Hexokinase
Glucose + ATP (enzime)-> Glucose 6-Phosphate + ADP
Two-domain protein with a central binding cleft for glucose and ATP.
•Upon glucose binding to hexokinase there is an ~____ fold increase in the affinity of the enzyme for ATP.
50
(in Hexokinase) Glucose binding induces a significant
conformational change in the protein that brings the two opposing domains close together to form a high affinity binding cleft for the phospho-transfer reaction to occur.
strategies of Enzyme Catalysis
Align/Position Reactants to favor that transition state
- fewer conformations to explore
- Increase efficiency
strategies of Enzyme Catalysis
induced charge state
Amino acids in active site interact with reactants via charge, polarity
strategies of Enzyme Catalysis
Deform reactants (or strain)
force so that it resembles a transition state
- Enzyme strains substrate
- Forcing a transition state, favor reaction
Much of the energy required to lower activation energy is derived from
weak, non-covalent interactions between substrate and enzyme
Binding energy
energy relased, lowers activation energy
Enzymes are __
work in __
are not __
can be ___
are catalysts: Lower activation energy, promote the transition state (ie orient substrates, strain substrates, induce charge, induced fit)
Enzymes are highly specific to reactions they catalyze
Enzymes work in moderate temperatures (ex. body temp if too hot, denature protines)
Enzymes are Not consumed in reactions (more effecient to resuse the enzime)
Enzymes can be regulated
Rate of ES formation =
rate of ES breakdown