Exam Three Flashcards
What is required for enzymatic reactions?
Formation of an ES complex
What is the equation for a first order reaction?
rate = k[A]
What is the equation for a second order reaction?
rate = k[A][B]
What order reaction occurs when the amount of substrate has no effect on the rate?
zero
True or False: the higher the concentration of S, the faster the reaction
False, it is dependent on the amount of enzyme present
True or False: the higher the concentration of E, the faster the reaction
True, although technically there is normally a limited amount of enzyme
________ is an indicator of affinity for a substrate (binding efficiency)
Km
Does a smaller or larger Km indicate better affinity?
smaller
What is Vmax?
The maximum velocity the enzyme can achieve at a given enzyme concentration
What is the kcat equation?
kcat = Vmax / total Enzyme concentration
What value can be thought of as frequency of the reaction?
kcat
what is the measure of both binding and catalytic events?
kcat/Km
Does a larger or smaller value of kcat/Km indicate a better enzyme?
larger
What limits kcat/Km?
time for electron rearrangement, turnover number, and collision
What is the number of kcat/Km that is considered catalytic perfection?
10e8 - 10e9 1/(M*s)
Generally, efficient enzymes have (high/low) Vmax, Km, kcat, kcat/Km?
high Vmax, low Km, high kcat, high kcat/Km
With a lineweaver-burk plot equation, what is the Vmax equal to?
1/y-intercept
With a lineweaver-burk plot equation, what is the Km equal to?
slope/y-intercept
What makes an irreversible inhibitor, irreversible?
it covalently modifies the enzyme so that it cannot return to its active form
What is an example of an irreversible inhibitor?
Serine Protease
Kinetics don’t affect which kind of inhibitor?
irreversible
What are the effects of reversible inhibitors interacting with an enzyme?
lower overall reaction rate, reaction kinetics are changed, and the inhibitor can be released from the enzyme
What kind of inhibitor am I describing: the inhibitor competes with the substrate for the active site
competitive inhibitor
Which inhibitor is considered mutually exclusive?
competitive
For competitive inhibition, what occurs if [s] is much greater than [I]?
no inhibition is observed
What values do competitive inhibitors affect?
Km, not Vmax
(increase in Km)
What kind of inhibitor am I describing: inhibitor binds at a site other than the active site and changes the conformation of the enzyme
mixed inhibitor
What values do mixed inhibitors affect?
Vmax (decreases) and Km (increase or rarely decrease)
What kind of inhibitor is a noncompetitive inhibitor?
mixed
What values do noncompetitive inhibitors affect?
Vmax (decreases), no change in Km
What kind of inhibitor affects only the catalytic activity and not substrate binding?
Uncompetitive inhibitor
What values do uncompetitive inhibitors affect?
Km (decreases) and Vmax (decreases)
What kind of inhibitor is Tamiflu?
competitive inhibitor
What NSAID is irreversible inhibition of both COX-1 and COX-2?
Aspirin
What NSAID is reversible inhibition of both COX-1 and COX-2?
ibuprofen
What NSAID is selective inhibition of just COX-2?
Vioxx and Celebrex
What is the term for the sequential reaction where the order of the substrate matters?
Ordered
What is the term for the sequential reaction where it doesn’t matter which substrate goes first/the order doesn’t matter?
Random
If you have more than one substrate, is there one Km, or does each substrate have its own Km?
Each substrate has a distinctive Km
Does allosteric regulation inhibit or enhance enzyme activity?
It does both! Depends if it’s a positive or negative effector
What is the allosteric effect?
binding of an effector to one subunit affects the active sites of all subunits
What is the negative effector of PFK?
PEP: almost a final product of of the pathway that PFK is regulating
What is the positive effector of PFK?
ADP
Why is ADP the positive effector of PFK?
High concentration of ADP would indicate a need for ATP, which is the product of glycolysis
What form are the majority of natural carbohydrates in?
D form
What are the left and right symbols for D-Glucose?
RLRR
What are the left and right symbols for D-Galactose?
RLLR
Pyran is a ___ - membered ring
6
Furan is a _____ - membered ring
5
Is Beta together or opposite?
together