ENZYMES Flashcards
ENZYMES
Definition and function
• Biologic catalysts
Hasten chemical reactions
T or F
Enzymes are not consumed during the reactions
True
T or F
Enzymes do not undergo a chemical change after the reactions
True
MAIN ACTION OF ENZYMES
• Catalyze/interact with substrate to mediate/facilitate chemical reactions.
Where are enzymes found?
Enzymes are found in the cells and tissues.
They are present only in the circulation at a limited level (low
level)
T or F
TESTING FOR ENZYMES is NOT DIAGNOSTIC for a certain disease.
True
Purpose: For the doctors to be alerted as to which body part, cell/tissue has a problem.
• Study of enzymes
ENZYMOLOGY
Study of enzymes
We have to look for:
• Activity of Enzymes
• Chemical reactions they catalyze
• Clinical uses
T or F
Enzymes do not undergo change.
True
Enzvme + substrate =
enzyme-substrate complex
which produces a product and the enzyme
During________ reaction, the enzyme will not be consumed and the form will not be changed
The intact enzyme bound to the substrate is still the same enzyme that was expelled after______ were formed.
It retains the same appearance before binding.
enzyme+substrate
products
T or F
There will still be products formed even when there is no enzyme
True
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X axis =
Energy usage
Time required to produce a product
Enzymes may recognize and catalyze:
a single substrate
a group of substrates that have specific functional groups
A group of substrates that have a particular type of bond
TYPES OF ENZYME SPECIFICITY
Absolute
Group
Linkage
Catalyze one type of reaction for a single substrate
Absolute
Catalyze one type of reaction for all similar substrates
Group
Looks for a specific functional group (amino group, carboxyl group, ester, etc. made into substrate)
Group
Urease catalyzes only the hydrolysis of urea
Absolute
Hexokinase adds a phosphate group to hexoses
Group
Catalyze one type reaction for a specific type of bond
Linkage
Chymotrypsin catalyzes the hydrolysis of peptide bonds (all types of protein) [not all, but they share the peptide bond]
Linkage
Lock and Key Model
Emil Fisher in 1894
= where the substrate binds to an
enzyme
ACTIVE SITE
The________is where the activators and the inhibitors bind (not the substrate)
Allosteric site
•______ promote the binding of the enzyme to the substrate.
•______ prevent the binding of the enzyme to the substrate
Activators
Inhibitors
________prevent, so they make sure the substrate doesn’t bind to the active site.
The shape of the enzyme is changed so they could not bind.
Inhibitors
An________ makes the enzyme better at binding the substrate
allosteric activator
• The substrate and the active site are not the same, so they could not bind
• What’s needed for them to bind is for the______ to bind to the allosteric site
activator
is an inhibitor of xanthine oxidase.
Allopurinol
In inflammation, as _______ act as inhibitors.
anti-inflammatory drugs
NOMENCLATURE OF ENZYMES
- Substrate + -ase (not true to all)
- Reaction it catalyzes
- Enzyme Commission Nomenclature (E.C.)
Substrate + -ase (not true to all)
Examples
a. Lipid = lipase
b. Ester = esterase
c. Protein = protease
Reaction it catalyzes
Nomenclature Examples
a. Oxidation = oxidase
b. Reduction = reductase
c. Hydrolysis = hydrolase
d. Dehydrogenase = remove hydrogen atoms
e. Decarboxylase = remove carboxyl groups
Enzyme Commission Nomenclature (E.C.)
E.C. 1.1.1.21
Meaning of each digit
• 1st digit = class
• 2nd digit = subclass
• 3rd and 4th = serial number
T or F
All enzymes end with an -ase
False
Examples: pepsin, trypsin
• Angiotensin-converting enzyme
CLASSIFICATION OF ENZYMES
HILLOT
Hydrolases
Isomerases
Ligases
Lyases
Oxidoreductases
Transferases
T or F
ENZYMATIC REACTIONS
Can occur in both ways. There is a forward and reverse reaction, thats why the arrow points both ways.
True
All enzymes in this class can perform oxidation and reduction forward and reverse.
OXIDOREDUCTASES
Oxidation
Reduction
O - removal of H ion
R - acceptance of H ion
(removal of hydrogen from lactate)
This enzyme has a lactate substrate.
Lactate Dehydrogenase
• Transfer of functional groups other than hydrogen from one substrate to another
TRANSFERASES
(transfers amino group)
Substrate is aspartate
Aspartate Aminotransferase
• Hydrolysis of various bonds
• Addition of water to a bond resulting in bond breakage
Loss of substrate
HYDROLASES
• Catalyze the removal of groups from Substrates without hydrolysis or oxidation; the product contains double bonds or a ring
LYASES
Which type of enzyme makes a product that contains double bonds or a ring
Lyases
It breaks down a big molecule, WITH NO WATER INVOLVED.
Lyases
• Rearrange the functional groups within a molecule and catalyze the conversion of one isomer into another
ISOMERASES
• Catalyze the joining of two large molecules by forming a new chemical bond
LIGASES
LIGASES
• Accompanied by an
ATP-ADP interconversion
Acted upon by the enzyme
• Specific
Substrate