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Enzymes Flashcards

1
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What are enzymes and their function?

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Can be proteins
Biological catalysts, increase rate of chemical reaction
Specific to their action and substrate

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What are the molecules that bind to enzymes called?

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Substrates which binds at catalytic or active site

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What is a cofactor?

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Helper molecules that assist in biochemical transformation

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What is an organic cofactor called? What are the two classifications?

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Coenzymes (vitamin derivatives, fat or water soluble)
Prosthetic groups: permanently bound
Cosubstrates: temporarily bound

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What are 4 important coenzymes? What do they contain?

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ATP
NAD
FAD
Coenzyme A
Contain AMP

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What is ATP made up of? What is it a building block of?

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Nitrogenous base adenine
Sugar ribose
Triphosphate
Building blocks for RNA synthesis

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What is GTP made of? What is it a building block of?How is it produced?

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Nitrogenous base guanine
Sugar ribose
Triphosphate
Building block of RNA
Produced from GTP dephosphorylation

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What is NAD made up of? What reactions is it involved in?

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Adenine
Sugar ribose
Phosphate
Nicotinamide
Oxidation reduction, glycolysis, fatty acid oxidation, TCA, respiratory chain, autophagy

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What is FAD made up of? What type of coenzyme is it? What reaction is it involved in?

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Adenine
Sugar ribose
Phosphate
Riboflavin
Redox active coenzyme
ETC

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10
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What is coenzyme A involved in? What is it synthesized from?

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Synthesis and oxidation of fatty acids
Oxidation of pyruvate in the citric acid cycle
Synthesized from Vitamin B5

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11
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Are vitamins essential or nonessential?

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Essential- cannot be produced in the organism

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Where can pyruvate dehydrogenase be found in mechanisms? How many coenzymes does it contain?

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At the junction of glycolysis and citric acid cycle
5 coenzymes and 1 metal ion

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What is an apoenzyme?

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Inactive
Enzyme without cofactor (activator)

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What is a holoenzyme?

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Apoenzyme and coenzyme (activator)
Active

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15
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How does activation of an enzyme occur?

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Substrate enters active site of enzyme
Enzyme/substrate complex forms
Substrate converted to products
Products leave the active site of the enzyme

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16
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How many classes of enzymes are there? What are the names?

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7

EC1: Oxidoreductases
EC2: Transferases
EC3: Hydrolases: catalyze hydrolysis
EC4: Lyases
EC5: Isomerases
EC6: Ligases/Synthetases
EC7: Translocase

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17
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Describe EC1: oxidoreductases.

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Catalyze redox reaction
Dehydrogenase oxidizes a substrate

18
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Describe EC2: Tranferases. What is an example in the retina?

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Transfer of atoms (functional group) from one molecule to another
Glutathione S-transferase (GST) regulates photoreceptor

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Describe EC3: Hydrolases.

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Use water to break bonds, through insertion of water

20
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Describe EC4: Lyases.

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Cleave bonds other then hydrolysis or oxidation usually by removing a group

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Describe EC5: Isomerases.

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Catalyze isomerization changes within a single molecule to convert from one isomer to another

22
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Describe EC6: Ligases/Synthetases

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Catalyze joining of 2 molecules (covalent bonds)

23
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Describe EC 7: Translocases

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Catalyze movement of ions or molecules across membranes

24
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What is the difference between the lock and key model vs the induced fit model of enzyme-substrate reactions?

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Lock and key the substrate already has the shape needed for the enzyme to fit.
Induced fit the substrate and active site of enzyme undergo changed to attain optimal fit.

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How does the activation energy relate to the reaction rate? How can reaction rate be increased?

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Higher the activation energy, the slower the reaction
By raising the temperature

26
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What is an exergonic reaction?

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Energy level of the products is less then the reactants
Energy is released
Spontaneous

27
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What is an endergonic reaction?

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Energy level of the products is greater then that of the reactants
Nonspontaneous
Energy absorbed

28
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What is the Michaelis-Menten Equation used for?

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Interprets the behaviors of enzymes
Calculates the rate of catalysis of an enzyme at a particular substrate concentration

29
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What happens in a catalytic reaction if the concentration of substrate is increased?

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Increase in substrate= increase in velocity

30
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Up to how many substrates can an enzyme catalyze?

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Two or more substrates

31
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Is the optimal pH different for different enzymes?

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Yes, every enzymes has an optimal pH at which it has maximal activity

32
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What are inhibitors? What is an example?

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Interfere with catalysts by slowing/halting enzymatic reactions
Ex: aspirin

33
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What are the two classes of inhibitors?

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Reversible (noncovalent) and irreversible (covalent)

34
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What is competitive inhibition?

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Type of reversible enzyme inactivation
Binds to substrate active site
Increase in substrate can overcome this inhibition

35
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What is non competitive inhibition?

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Type of reversible enzyme inactivation
Binds to different site to change the shape of the substrate
Increase in substrate cannot overcome this inhibition

36
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What is an allosteric site?

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The site that the enzyme binds to in non competitive inhibition that is not the active site

37
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What is allosteric regulation?

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Regulation of enzyme by binding an effector/regulator at site other than active site (noncovalent)

38
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What is an allosteric activator?

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Effectors/regulators that enhance the protein’s activity

39
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What is an allosteric inhibitor?

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Effectors/regulators that decrease the protein’s activity

40
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What is a reversible covalent modification of an enzyme?

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Between a non-protein group and an enzyme to turn it on or off.
Ex: kinase phosphorylation an inactive enzyme, phosphates reverses that

41
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What is a proteolytic activation?

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Cleavage of one or more specific peptide bonds to activate the inactive precursors proenzymes and zymogens.
No energy needed
Irreversible (only occurs once during an enzymes life)

42
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What are zymogens? What is one example?

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Enzymes, hormones or active proteins synthesized as inactive precursors
Ex: Prothrombin

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