enzymes Flashcards

1
Q

enzymes are ____ catalysts

A

biological

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2
Q

biological catalysts have milder reactions compared to chemical catalysts and have greation reaction _____ with respect to substrates and products (have capacity for regulation)

A

specificity

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3
Q

why is it important that proteins and enzymes are regulated

A

to stay away from disease state but also to facilitate interactions (can change structure or use cofactors, remove things physically, storage or phosphorylation)

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4
Q

enzymes ____ reaction rates compared to uncatalyzed reactions and chemically catalyzed reactions n

A

increase

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5
Q

enzymes use _____ conditions comared to chemical catalysis

A

milder

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6
Q

nitrogen fixation can be catalyzed by

A
  1. lightning
  2. haber process (150-250 atmospheres)
  3. symbiotic bacteria in root nodules of legumes
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7
Q

enzymes have reaction specificity as well as _____ specificity and ____

A

geometry (of chemical structures) & stereo

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8
Q

the regulation of the activity of an enzyme by binding of an inhibitor or activator at a site on the protein separate from the substrate binding site

A

allostery

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9
Q

regulation: phosphorylation, acetylation, and removal of inhibitory peptides

A

covalent modification

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10
Q

regulation of enzymes: assembly into ____ complexes

A

macromolecule

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11
Q

regulation of metabolic pathway by the inhibition of enzyme that catalyzes a reaction early in the pathway by the product of the pathway

A

feedback inhibition

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12
Q

the ____ is missing a cofactor or co enzyme

A

apoenzyme

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13
Q

when a ____ contains a cofactor or coenzyme and can act on substrate

A

haloenzyme

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14
Q

common names of enzymes end in

A

ase

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14
Q

some enzymes need help to catalyze their reactions so they use a ____

A

cofactor

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14
Q

co factors can be

A

small molecules or metal ions

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15
Q

organic cofactors derived from vitamins, may associate transiently or be tightly linked

A

coenzymes

16
Q

delta G double dagger is

A

activation energy barrier

16
Q

the standard free energy change from product to substrate is

A

standard free energy change

17
Q

delta G’° is how ___ that the reaction will happen

A

likely

18
Q

delta G double dagger is how ___the reaction will take place

A

fast

19
Q

enzymes can only change which delta G

A

delta G double dagger

20
Q

a large delta G double (large activation barrier) dagger means ___ k and ___ reaction

A

small (rate constant) , slow

21
Q

delta G’° < 0 has more ___ than __ at equilibrium (forward rxn is favorable)

A

P S

22
Q

if delta G double dagger is big enough it will never reach equilibrium no matter how ____ delta G’°

A

negative

23
Q

enzymes low ___

A

deltaG double dagger

24
Q

ES and EP can be considered __ ___

A

reaction intermediates

25
Q

the step with the highest energy barrier is (has smallest k)

A

rate limiting step

26
Q

enzymes catalyze both forward and ___ reactions

A

reverse

27
Q

what is a catalyzed reaction step wise

A

S+E <—> ES <—-> EP <—> P + E

28
Q

an enzymes active site should be complimentary to the _____ state to break up products

A

transition

29
Q

if the enzyme is complimentary to substrate it will stabilize ___ state which increases the delta G double dagger significantly

A

ES

30
Q

catalytic power of enzymes derived from

A
  1. binding energy
  2. binding is optimized to the transition state
31
Q

conversion from two free reactants to one single transition state is entropically _____

A

unfavorable

32
Q

uncatalyzed unimolecular reactions has a flexible reactant —> rigid transition state; the conversion is entropically _______

A

unfavorable

33
Q

enzymes uses the binding energy of substrates to organize reactants to fairly rigid ES complex; when is entropy cost paid

A

during binding

34
Q

interactions between S and H2O are replaced by S and E; increases reaction rate

A

desolvation of substrates

35
Q

catalysis involves formation of ____ bonds

A

covalent

36
Q

specific acid base catalysis means that donation/ abstraction of charge is carried out by _____

A

water

37
Q

occurs frequently with general acid base catalysis and results in new reaction pathway that are uncatalyzed

A

covalent catalysis

38
Q

as long as the steps involved in forming and breaking the covalent bonds are ____ than the uncatalyzed, catalysis will occur

A

faster