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What do enzymes need help from to catalyse some reactions

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Cofactor

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What part of the enzymes structure is changed if there is a gene mutation

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Tertiary structure

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Examples of enzymes catalysing the formation of structural components

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  • collagen in bones
  • cartilage
  • blood vessel walls
  • joints
  • connective tissue
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What two things do enzymes effect

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-structural
- functional

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Why is the tertiary structure important in active sites

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Its shape is complementary to the shape of the substrate molecule

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What can change the shape of an active site

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  • temperature
  • pH
  • anything that affects the bonds that hold proteins in the tertiary structure
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Where do enzymes work

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  • intracellular reactions
  • extracellular reactions
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What is a metabolic pathway

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A series of consecutive reactions
- every part is catalysed by a specific enzyme
- these produce a specific product
- these then act as substrates for the next reaction (metabolites)

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What is a catabolic in metabolic pathways

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Metabolites are broken down to smaller molecules and release energy

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What is an anabolic in metabolic pathways

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Energy is used to synthesise larger molecules from smaller ones

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Example of a metabolic pathway

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  • respiration
  • photosynthesis
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What is catalase

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An enzyme that protects cels from damage by reactive oxygen
- quickly breaks hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen

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What is the structure and characteristics of catalase

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  • four polypeptide chains
  • contains a harm group with iron
  • fastest acting enzyme
  • eukaryotic cells: found in small vesicles called peroxisomes
  • white blood cells use them to help kill microbes
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Example of an extracellular enzyme

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  • amylase
  • trypsin
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What is amylase

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  • produced in the salivary glands
  • digests the polysaccharide starch to the disaccharide maltose
  • made in the pancreas
  • catalyses same reaction as the lumen of the small intestine
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What is trypsin

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  • made in the pancreas
  • acts in the lumen of the small intestine
  • digests proteins into smaller peptides
  • hydrolyses peptide bonds
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What is a cofactor

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  • substrate that has to be present to ensure that an enzyme catalysed reaction takes place at the appropriate rate
  • some cofactors (prosthetic groups) are part of the enzyme structure
  • others (coenzymes) form temporary associations with the enzyme
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What is a prosthetic group

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A cofactor that is permanently bound, covalent bonds, to an enzyme molecule

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What is an enzyme-substrate complex

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Complex formed by temporary bonding of enzyme and substrate come culex’s during an enzyme catalysed reaction

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What is the benefit of enzyme substrate complexes

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Increases rate of reaction

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What is a co-substrate

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When they bind to the substrate to form the correct shape to bind to the active site

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What is a coenzymes

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Small organic non-proteins molecules that bind temporarily to the active site
- chemically charged during the reaction

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What happens to a substrate if it is heated

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  • extra energy causes the molecules to move faster
  • increased rate of collisions between molecules
  • increased force at which they collide
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What happens if the reactant mixture containing enzymes and substrate molecules is heated

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  • both molecules will gain kinetic energy
  • increased rate of successful collisions
  • rate of formations of ES complexes increases
  • increased rate of reaction
  • at a certain temp (optimum temperature) rate of reaction is at its max
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What does vibrations lead to in molecules

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  • break some of the weak bonds: hold the tertiary structure of the active site
  • active site changes = substrate cannot fit
  • temp increases the active site will completely and irreversibly change
  • enzyme is denatured
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Formula to work out rate of reaction

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Rate of reaction = 1 / time taken to reach end point

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What is the units for rate of reaction

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S -1

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28
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What is the temperature coefficient (Q10)

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The increase in the rate of process when the temperature is increased by 10 C

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What is the equation for temperature coefficient

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Q10 = rate of reaction at (T+10)C / rate of reaction at T

30
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What does it mean if the Q10 is 2

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Every 10C the reaction is doubled

31
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What is an enzyme product complex

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Enzyme molecule with product molecules in its active site
- the two are joined temporarily by non-covalent forced

32
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What are the steps of the lock and key theory

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  • substrate molecule bind to the active site of the enzyme
  • temporary hydrogen bonds hold them together
  • this forms a ES complex
  • substrate is broken into smaller products and leave
  • substrate molecules fit in the active site (ES complex)
  • bonds form to create an enzyme product complex
  • larger molecule leaves the active site
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What is the induced fit hypothesis

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Explains how the transition state (ES complex) is formed

34
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Who suggested the induced fit hypothesis

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Daniel Koshland (1958)

35
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What did Daniel Koshland suggest
Steps of the induced fit hypothesis

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  • when the substrate fits into the active site it changed shape to mould around the molecule
  • when binding the changes of the side chains (R groups) of amino acids give a more precise shape
  • moulding allows the substrate to bind more effectively
  • ES complex is formed with non-covalent forces binding the substrate to the active site
  • an EP complex is formed
  • products detach from the active site as they have a slightly different shape
  • enzyme can now catalyse other reactions
36
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What is the equation for showing how an enzyme catalyses a reaction

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Enzyme + substrate —> enzyme-substrate complex —> enzyme product complex —> enzyme + product
E+S ESC EPC E+P

37
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Do enzymes lower or increase the activation energy

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Lower

38
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What is activation energy

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the minimum quantity of energy which the reacting species must possess in order to undergo a specified reaction

39
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How are enzymes able to lower the activation energy

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  • bring the substrate molecules close enough together to react
  • increase chance of molecules binding
  • speed up metabolic reactions
40
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What is pH

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Concentration of hydrogen ions in a solution

41
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What is a buffer

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Something that resists changes in pH

42
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What are buffers able to

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Donate or accept hydrogen ions

43
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How do changes in pH affect bonds within molecules

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  • hydrogen ions (proton, + charge)
  • excess hydrogen ions will interfere with these hydrogen bonds so the active site will change shape
  • this will decreases the rate of reaction
  • increased concentration of hydrogen ions will also alter the charged
  • more protons will cluster around negatively charged groups
  • this interferes with the binding of the substrate and active site
44
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Do enzymes work within a narrow or wise range of pH

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Narrow

45
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What happens if there are small changes around the optimum pH

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Slow down the rate of reaction
- shape of the active site is disrupted

46
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What happens if the normal pH is restored

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Hydrogen bonds can re-form and the active site’s shape is restored

47
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True or false
All enzymes have the same optimum pH

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False

48
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Why does the rate of reaction increase as substrate concentration is increased

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  • more ES complexes can form
  • more products are formed
  • it then becomes the limiting factor
49
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What happens when substrate concentration is the limiting factor

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  • all the enzymes active sites are occupied with substrate molecules
  • if more substrate is added they cannot successfully collide with and fit into the active site
50
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What does the graph for substrate/enzyme concentration against initial rate of reaction look like

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  • steep gradient
  • substrate concentration becomes limiting factor
  • line plateaus
51
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What controles enzyme synthesis

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  • cells needs
  • genes for synthesis will be turned on or of
52
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What is the advantage of enzyme degrading

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  • eliminated abnormally shaped proteins that might build up and harm the cell
  • regulation of metabolism in the cell by eliminating any superfluous (surplus to requirements) enzymes
53
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What happens as enzyme concentration is increased

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  • more active sites available
  • more successful collisions between enzyme and substrate
  • more ES complexed can form
  • so increased rate of reaction
  • will later become the limiting factor
54
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What happens if enzyme concentration becomes the limiting factor

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  • there will be no more substrate to bind with the active sites
55
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Why is the initial rate of reaction always the greatest

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  • there is a greater chance of the substrate molecules successfully colliding with an active site
56
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Why does initial rate of reaction slow down over time

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  • the substrate then become product molecules and decreases the substrate concentration
  • frequency of collisions decreased
  • slows down rate of reaction
57
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What is a competitive inhibitor

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Substances whose molecules have simular shapes to an enzymes substrate molecules
- they compete with the substrate for the active site
- blocks the site and prevents the formation of ES complexes

58
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What is an inhibitor

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A substance that reduces or stops reactions

59
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What does a competitive inhibitor do

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  • compete directly with substrate molecules for the active site
  • make the enzyme inactive
  • when in the active site they cannot be changed
  • stops ES and EP complexes from forming
60
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What are the different types of enzyme inhibition

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  • competitive
  • non competitive
  • reversible
  • irreversible
61
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What is an inactivator

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When a competitive inhibitor binds irreversible to an active site

62
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What is non-competitive inhibition

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When the inhibition molecule binds to the enzymes somewhere other than the active site

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How does non-competitive inhibition work

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  • attach to the enzyme in the allosteric site
  • this distrusts the enzymes tertiary structure and shape
  • changes the shape of the active site
  • max rate of reaction is reduced
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What is the place where the inhibitor binds to in non-competitive inhibition called

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Allosteric site

65
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What does the allosteric site do

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Disrupts the enzymes tertiary structure and shape
- changes shape of active site

66
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What is end product inhibition

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When the reaction is finished the products may stay tightly bound to the enzyme
- engulfed cannot form more of the product than the cell needs

67
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How are metabolic sequences controlled

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  • product of one reaction becomes the substrate of the next
  • bindings change the shape of enzymes 1s active site
  • when concentrations change the inhibitor will leave the enzyme to allow more of the product to be formed
68
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What does cyanide inhibit

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Aerobic respiration

69
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What does snake venom inhibit

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Acetylcholinesterase
- important in neuromuscular synapses

70
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What does aspirin do

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  • catalyses the formation of prostaglandins
  • reduces risk of blood clots
71
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What do ATPase inhibitors do

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Inhibit sodium potassium pump
- allows more calcium ions to enter the cells
- increase muscle contraction
- strengthens the heartbeat

72
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What do ACE inhibitors do

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Inhibit angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE)
- operates in a metabolic pathways that increased blood pressure
- lower blood pressure for hypertension when can’t take beta blockers
- treat heart failure
- minimise second heart attacks

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