Asked in PMC Practice Test 33 (2021) 2021Moderate

Masses of enzymes is between _?

Correct answer: B. Millions

  • A. Thousands
  • B. Millions
  • C. Hundreds
  • D. Billions

Explanation

Enzymes can be denatured and precipitated with salts, solvents, and other reagents. They have molecular weights ranging from 10,000 to 2,000,000. The other options have incorrect values.

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