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Enzymes are biological catalysts that lower activation energy without being consumed, and their specificity is explained by the lock and key and induced fit models. Work includes the effects of temperature, pH and substrate concentration on reaction rate, plus competitive and non-competitive inhibition and how these differ.

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  • A. Enzymes
  • B. Reactant
  • C. Product
  • D. Substrate

Explanation: Inhibitors bind to the enzymes, and decrease their activity. They cannot bind to substrate, product or reactant.

Correct answer: Enzymes
  • A. Competitive inhibitors
  • B. Noncompetitive inhibitors
  • C. Irreversible inhibitors
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: Competitive inhibition is reversible because the inhibitor forms weak linkages with the enzyme.

Correct answer: Competitive inhibitors
  • A. Enzyme
  • B. Substrate
  • C. ES complex
  • D. All of these

Explanation: Option C is correct since uncompetitive inhibition occurs when an inhibitor binds to an allosteric site of an enzyme, but only when the…

Correct answer: ES complex
  • A. Lock
  • B. Key
  • C. Both of these options are correct
  • D. None of these options are correct

Explanation: Lock andkey model assumes that like a particular key opens a particular lock, a specific enzyme(key) acts upon a particular substrate…

Correct answer: Key
  • A. By adding activation energy requirements
  • B. By lowering the activation energy requirements
  • C. By decreasing the concentration of products
  • D. By increasing the concentration of products
  • E. All of the the given options

Explanation: Enzymes are biological catalysts that increase the rate of reaction by lowering the activation of the energy of the reactions.

Correct answer: By lowering the activation energy requirements
  • A. Irreversible inhibitors
  • B. Competitive irreversible inhibitors
  • C. Non-competitive inhibitors
  • D. Reversible inhibitors

Explanation: Penicillin functions as a competitive inhibitor by mimicking the substrate that the bacterial enzyme would normally act upon, thus binding…

Correct answer: Competitive irreversible inhibitors
  • A. 32o F
  • B. 46oC
  • C. 313K
  • D. 37oC

Explanation: The optimum temperature for enzymes in the human body is 37ºC, which is crucial for maintaining the proper enzymatic activity necessary…

Correct answer: 37oC
  • A. A friend of mine is coming to visit next week.
  • B. The friend of mine is coming to visit next week.
  • C. Friend of mine is coming to visit next week.
  • D. A friend of me is coming to visit next week.

Explanation: The correct answer is A. A friend of mine is coming to visit next week.

Correct answer: A friend of mine is coming to visit next week.
  • A. 90
  • B. 20
  • C. 10
  • D. 1
  • E. None of these

Explanation: Explanation for this question will be added soon.

Correct answer: 1
  • A. Enzymes are mostly proteins but some are lipids also
  • B. Enzymes are denatured at high temperatures
  • C. Enzymes are highly specific
  • D. Enzymes require optimum pH and temperature for maximum activity

Explanation: Option A: Enzymes are mostly proteins but some are lipids also: This statement is incorrect.

Correct answer: Enzymes are mostly proteins but some are lipids also
  • A. 1010
  • B. 2010
  • C. 1020
  • D. 1510

Explanation: Yes, enzymes can speed up reactions by factors of up to 1010 (ten billion) or even higher.

Correct answer: 1010
  • A. The primary structure of enzymes
  • B. The secondary structure of enzymes
  • C. Tertiary structure of enzymes
  • D. Quarternary structure of enzymes

Explanation: Tertiary structure of enzymes. Enzyme-substrate specificity arises from the unique three-dimensional shape of the enzyme's active site…

Correct answer: Tertiary structure of enzymes
  • A. Apoenzyme
  • B. Holoenzyme
  • C. Activated enzyme
  • D. Both B and C

Explanation: Correct option is B. The answer is holoenzyme. An enzyme is a protein that catalyzes a chemical reaction.

Correct answer: Holoenzyme
  • A. Competitive inhibitor binds to active site
  • B. The substrate binds to active site
  • C. Enzymes work best in low pH
  • D. Both competitive inhibitor binding to alternative site & substrate binding to active site

Explanation: Option C is the incorrect one as enzymes work at optimum pH rather than low pH.

Correct answer: Enzymes work best in low pH
  • A. Enzyme is inhibited by the product being produced
  • B. Enzyme works normally for regulatory mechanism
  • C. Enzyme remains unaffected by product concentration
  • D. Enzyme is inhibited irreversibly

Explanation: Feedback regulation of an enzyme occurs when a product of the reaction binds to an allosteric site on the enzyme and affects its catalytic…

Correct answer: Enzyme is inhibited by the product being produced
  • A. Activator
  • B. Inhibitor
  • C. Substrate
  • D. Both A and B

Explanation: Enzymes can be regulated by other molecules that either increase or reduce their activity.

Correct answer: Both A and B
  • A. Malonate act as inhibitor
  • B. Enzyme shape distorted
  • C. Competition for active site
  • D. Inactive enzyme gettlng reactivated

Explanation: A noncompetitive inhibitor binds to the enzyme away from the active site, altering the shape of the enzyme so that even if the substrate…

Correct answer: Enzyme shape distorted
  • A. Allosteric site
  • B. Active site
  • C. Passive site
  • D. Regulatory site

Explanation: Non-competitive inhibitors bind to enzymes at allosteric sites, which are distinct from the active site.

Correct answer: Allosteric site
  • A. Competitive inhibitors
  • B. Non-competitive inhibitors
  • C. Co-enzymes
  • D. Activators

Explanation: Enzymes' productivity is reduced by blocking the active site due to similar shapes, is associated with "competitive inhibitors."…

Correct answer: Competitive inhibitors
  • A. Increases enzyme activity
  • B. Doesn't change enzyme activity
  • C. Decreases enzyme activity
  • D. None of these

Explanation: An enzyme inhibitor is a molecule that binds to an enzyme and blocks its activity.

Correct answer: Decreases enzyme activity