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Kaplan MCAT Biology Chapter 2

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Enzymes   Protein catalysts that accelerate reactions by reducing the initial energy (activation energy)  
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Are enzyme reactions usually reversible?   yes  
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How are enzyme reactions reversed?   The product synthesized by an enzyme can be decomposed by the same enzyme  
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Delta G   overall change in energy of a reaction  
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Enzymes affect ______ not _____   rate; delta G  
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Substrate   Molecule upon which an enzyme acts  
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Enzyme-substrate complex   Substrate bound to the active site of an enzyme  
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2 models that describe formation of an enzyme-substrate complex   The lock and Key theory; The induced fit hypothesis  
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The lock and key theory   The spatial structure of an enzymes active site is exactly complementary to the spatial structure of its substrate  
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The induced fit hypothesis   Active site of enzyme has flexibility and will be induced to change in shape to fit around the substrate; the most widely accepted theory  
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Cofactors   nonprotein molecules that are required by many enzymes to become catalytically active  
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How are cofactors used by enzymes   cofactors either aid in binding the substrate to the enzyme or stabilize the enzyme in an active conformation  
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Apoenzyme   An enzyme that is lacking its needed cofactor  
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Holoenzyme   An enzyme containing its cofactor  
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How do cofactors bond to enzymes   by weak noncovalent interactions or by strong covalent bonds  
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Prosthetic groups   tightly bound cofactors  
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2 types of cofactors   Metal cations; coenzymes  
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How are coenzymes obtained   Through the diet as vitamin derivatives - most are not made by the body  
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What effects the rate of enzyme catalyzed reactions?   Concentrations of enzyme and substrate; temperature; pH  
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If the concentration of the substrate is low, what will the effect be on the reaction rate   slow  
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When will increases in substrate concentration not increase reaction rate   A maximal velocity (Vmax); b/c all active sites of enzymes are occupied  
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Michaelis-Menton Model   describes the relationship between the rates of enzyme-substrate complex formation, dissociation, product formation  
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Enzyme-substrate complex formed at rate   k1  
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Enzyme-substrate complex can dissociate into E and S at rate   k2  
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Enzyme-substrate complex can form product at rate   k3  
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Michaelis constant   km = (k2+k3)/k1  
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When the reaction rate is half of Vmax...   half of the enzyme active sites are filled and Km = [S]  
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When [S] is less than Km...   changes in substrate concentration greatly affect the reaction rate  
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Reaction rate of enzyme catalyzed reactions tend to double for every __ increase until optimal temperature is reached   10 degree Celsius  
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Most enzymes in the body optimize at   37 degrees Celsius  
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Maximal activity of many human enzymes is around pH _________   7.4 +/- 0.05  
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Plueral fluid standard pH   7.6  
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Pepsin works in pH   2 (stomach)  
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Pancreatic enzymes maximal activity at pH   8.5  
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How is enzymatic activity mostly regulated   allosteric effects and inhibition  
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Allosteric enzymes have   at least one active site (catalytic site) and one separate regulatory site  
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Regulators bind to allosteric enzymes and stabilize what?   either the active state or the inactive state  
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What are the 2 types of regulators   allosteric inhibitors and allosteric activators  
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What can increase the affinity of an enzyme for its substrate   the binding of a regulator or a substrate binding to an active site which stimulates other active sites on the enzyme  
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What are the 3 types of inhibition?   Feedback inhibition; competitive inhibition; noncompetitive inhibition  
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Feedback inhibition   end product becomes an allosteric inhibitor (negative feedback)  
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competitive inhibitors   compete with substrate and bid to active site of enzyme; reversible with increased conc of substrate  
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noncompetitive inhibitors   substances that form strong covalent bonds with enzyme either at, near or remote from the active site; irreversible  
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How can noncompetitive inhibitors be overcome?   increasing the concentration of the enzyme  
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Zymogen   enzyme secreted in an inactive form that is cleaved under certain physiological conditions into the active form  
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Examples of zymogens   Pepsinogen cleaved into pepsin; trypsinogen cleaved into trypsin; chymotrypsinogen cleaved into chymotrypsin  
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