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The specificity of an enzyme is due to its active siteThe active site is a shape only a certain?
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An enzyme's active site will bind with only a specific substrate. Any other kind of substrate will be rejected by the active site.
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What would be unlikely to contribute to the substrate specificity of an enzyme?
The allosteric site is distinct from the active site, and does not affect the substrate specificity of the enzyme
What causes enzyme specificity?
The enzyme's surface folds are complementary to the substrate's surface folds.
What are the different types of enzyme specificity with examples?
1) absolute specificity 2) Group specificity 3) Linkage specificity 4) Stereochemical specificity
Substrate molecules bind to enzymes where?
The bind in the active site.
What happens at the active site of an enzyme?
the substrate bonds to the enzyme at the active site
Does the shape of an enzyme protein determine specificity?
Shape of an enzyme specifically shape of its active site determines enzyme specificity .
What would be unlikely to contribute to the substrate specificity of an enzyme?
The allosteric site is distinct from the active site, and does not affect the substrate specificity of the enzyme
What is the definition of enzyme specificity?
each enzyme has a specific substrate to which it binds through a definite active site and any other enzyme can not bind to it
Is Enzyme structure is important because the enzymes shape allows only certain substrates to bind to the enzyme?
Yes, enzyme structure is important because the active site of an enzyme is specifically shaped to bind to the substrate. This specificity allows only certain substrates to fit into the active site and form an enzyme-substrate complex. The binding of the substrate to the enzyme is crucial for catalyzing the chemical reaction that the enzyme facilitates.
What causes enzyme specificity?
The enzyme's surface folds are complementary to the substrate's surface folds.
What happens if enzymes loose their specificityAsk us anything?
They can't catalyse reactions. The specificity of the active site of the enzyme is crucial: without it, the enzyme won't fit with he desired substrate, hence there won't be any reaction. Losing this specificity is due to a conformational change at the active site, andis known as denaturisation.
How might an amino acid change at a site distant from the active site of the enzyme alter the enzyme's substrate specificity?
The alteration of an amino acid on a site other than the active site will: change the shape of the protein.
What are the different types of enzyme specificity with examples?
1) absolute specificity 2) Group specificity 3) Linkage specificity 4) Stereochemical specificity
How is protein structure involved in enzyme specificity?
The R groups of the amino acids in its active site
How enzyme structure makes an enzyme very specific?
Enzymes are proteins, which are made up of amino acids. Each enzyme has a different sequence of amino acids and changing even one amino acid will mean that the tertiary structure of the enzyme will be lost and so will it's active site. As enzymes are substrate specific, only a certain substrate will bind to its active site, due to its amino acid sequence determining the shape of the active site.
Substrate molecules bind to enzymes where?
The bind in the active site.
What property of enzymes does protease not working on lipids show?
Enzyme specificity .
