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0
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Any substance that resists a change in pH when protons are produced or consumed

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Buffer

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1
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Negative logarithim of hydrogen ion concentration

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pH

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2
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Chemical compound that has a total net charge of zero

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Zwitterion

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3
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pH at which the zwitterion is the predominant form of a chemical comfound

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Isoelectric pH

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4
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Property of water that enables it cleave glycosidic bonds and amide bonds

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Nucleophile

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5
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Property of water that enables it to act as an acid or base

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Amphoteric

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6
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Mkvement of water to a semipermeable membrane

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Osmosis

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7
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Uses carriers

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Facilitated diffudion

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8
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Transport down the concentration agent

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Passive transport

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9
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Uses energy in transport

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Active transport

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10
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Transport an ion along with a molecule

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Co transport

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11
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Bond between two amino acids

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Peptide ond

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12
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Bond between connecting 2 monosacharide forming a disacharide

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Glycosidic bond

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13
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Primary bond of glucosyl residues in glycogen

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A (1-4) glycosidic bond

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14
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Branching bond of glucosyl residues in glycogen

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A (1-6) glycosidic ond

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15
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Bond between nucleotides on DNA strand

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Phosphodiester bond

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16
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Bond between nucleotide base pair

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Hydrogen bond

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17
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Bond between ribose and adenine in adenosine triphosphate

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B-N glycosidic bond

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18
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Between a water molecule and onother polar compound

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Hydrogen bond

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19
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Between two cysteine residues in cystine

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Disulfide bond

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20
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Between glycerol and its fatty acids

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Ester bond

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21
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This equation is used to calculate the concentration of a weak acid and its conjugate base

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Henderson- hasselbach equation

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22
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This equation describes how reaction velocity varies with substrate concentration

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Michaels- menton equation

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23
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This is double reciprocal plot used to calculate Km and Vmax

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Lineweaver burk

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24
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Explain how the free energy generated by the transport of electrons by the ETC is used to produce ATP from ADP+Pi

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Mitchell chemiosmutic hypothesis

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25
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Accepts H+ ions

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Base

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26
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Donates proton

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Acid

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27
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Donates few of its proton

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Weak acid

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28
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Donates almost all of its protons

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Strong acid

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29
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Macromolecules of carbohydrates

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Glycogen
Sorbitol
Galactidol

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30
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Proteins

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Collagen
Insulin
Hemolobin
Myoglobin

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31
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Nucleic acid

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cAMP
Inosine monophosphate
OMP
cGMP
ADP, ATP
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32
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Lipid

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Palmitate

Vitamin ADEK

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33
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State of breaking down complex molecules

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Catabolism

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34
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State of building complex molecules from simpler ones

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Anabolism

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35
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Main currency of enrgy in the body

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ATP

36
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Loss of electrons

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Oxidation

37
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Gain of electrons

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Reduction

38
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Acidic amino acids

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Aspartate Asp D

Glutmate Glu E

39
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Basic amino acids

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Histidine His H
Arginine Arg R
Lysine Lys K

40
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Amino acids with smallest side chain

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Glycine Gly G

41
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Aminomacid with the largest side chain

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Typtophan Trp W

42
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Amino acids which causes collagen kinks

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Proline Pro P

43
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Component of hemoglobin and myoglobin which pays a role in O2 binding

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Histidine His H

44
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Important amino acid that is involve in SAM

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Methionine Met M

45
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Used to diagnose FA deficiency

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Histidine His H

46
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Essential amino acids

A

PVT TIM HALL

Phenylalanine
Valine
Tryptophan
Threonine
Isoleucine
Methionine
Arginine
Lysine
Leucine
47
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Aminonacid used in haemolobin synthesis

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Glycine Gly G

48
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Precursor of niacin

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Tryptophan Trp W

49
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Precursor of nitric oxide

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Arginine Arg R

50
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Precursor of melanin

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Tyrosine Tyr Y

51
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Precursor of serotonin

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Trypyophan Trp W

52
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Precursor of catecholamines

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Tyrosine Tyr Y

53
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Precursor of melatonin

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Tryptophan

54
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Precursor of GABA

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Glutamate Glu E

55
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Precursor of histamine

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Histidine His H

56
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Precursor of thyroid hormone

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Tyrosine

57
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Precursor of tyrosine

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Phenylalanine Phe F

58
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Precursor of glutathione

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Glutamate Glu E

59
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Beta pleated sheet

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Secondary

60
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Globular or fibrous

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Tertiary

61
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More than one polypeptide is linked together

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4th

62
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Edmans reagent is used to determine this structure

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Primary

63
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Domains

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Tertiary

64
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Hemoglobin most abundant form in adults

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Hgb A

65
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Used to determine levels of glucose by non enzymatic addition of glucose to haemoglobin

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HBA c

66
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Oxidation of the heme component of haemoglobin to Iron which cannot bind oxygen

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Methemoglobin

67
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Form of hemoglobin where CO binds tightly bu reversibly

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Carboxyhemoglobin

68
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Tetrameter consisting of two alpha and gamma chains

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Fetal hemoglobin

69
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Gamma- tetramers in the newborns

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Hemoglobin barts

70
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Basic collagen structure

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Gly- X-Y

71
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X in Gly

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Proline

72
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Y in Gly

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Hydroxyproline

73
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Collagen type

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Be so totally cool, read books, fetal

 Type 1- bone, skin, tendon
Type 2 - cartilages
Type 3- reticuline
Type 4 - basement membrane
Type 5 - fetal
74
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Amount of energy needed for the reaction to go forward

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Anergy of activation

75
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Increase the speed of the reaction by lowering the energy of activation

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Catalyst

76
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Protein catalyst

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Enzyme

77
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Converts one isomers to the other

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Isomerase

78
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Coverts one epimer to the other

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Epimerase

79
Q

Add carboxyl group to a molecule

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Carboxylase

80
Q

Catalyze reaction by adding or removing ATP

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Kinase

81
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Removes H+

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Dehydrogenase

82
Q

Enzymes with different AA compositin but catalayzes the same reaction

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Isoenzyme

83
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Enzyme that requires a cofactor to be active

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Holoenzyme

84
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Protein part of holoenzyme

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Apoenzyme

85
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Vitamin or minerals need by an enzyme to be active

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Co factor

86
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Type of co factor which is permanently complexed with its enzyme

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Prothatic group

87
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Contains another site different from the active site where an effecor binds

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Allosteric enzyme

Biochem Finals (8 decks)

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