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What are several different situation in which an enzyme might lose its specific shape?
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An enzyme can lose its shape (tertiary structure) through many ways. Some of these include: pH change, increased heat, or change in ionic strength of the solution (increasing or decreasing salt levels).
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The reason why an enzyme fits a specific substrate is due to its?
The reason why an enzyme fits a specific substrate is due to its 3rd dimensional shape. Enzymatic competition involves competition among several different available enzymes to combine with a given substrate material.
An enzyme may react with several substrate chemicals simultaneously?
Yes, it can. Specific areas on the larger enzyme molecule can interact with the substrate.
Why a different enzyme is required for each type of food substance?
Since enzymes are specific to their functions.
Does a restriction enzyme generate the same size fragments in genomic DNA of different species?
No. A restriction enzyme cuts DNA when it finds a specific sequence. Different animals will have these sequences occur at different intervals so the length of the fragments won't be the same.
Why does the body need so many different enzymes?
A large number of reactions occur in the cell, many of which requiring enzymes to work. From the creation of the ATP used to energize the cell to the creation of proteins from RNA, each new type of reaction needs its own enzyme to work, and often need dozens if not hundreds of that enzyme to do the reaction at the pace it needs.
The reason why an enzyme fits a specific substrate is due to its?
The reason why an enzyme fits a specific substrate is due to its 3rd dimensional shape. Enzymatic competition involves competition among several different available enzymes to combine with a given substrate material.
How is a specific enzyme able to catalyze a specific reaction in the cytoplasm of a single cell with many different enzymes?
An enzyme binds to a specific substrate (reactant) for the reaction catalyzed.
An enzyme may react with several substrate chemicals simultaneously?
Yes, it can. Specific areas on the larger enzyme molecule can interact with the substrate.
A sentence with the word enzyme?
A cell contains thousands of different types of enzyme molecules, each specific to a particular chemical reaction.
What happens to the enzyme after the substrate is changed?
enzyme works as a catalyst before and after the reaction it is preserved
Why a different enzyme is required for each type of food substance?
Since enzymes are specific to their functions.
Why do metabolic pathways require tens to hundreds of different enzymes?
Because each metabolic step is under the regulated control of It's Own Enzyme.
Is the enzyme activity same at 5 and 25 Centigrade temperature in water?
The specific activity of an enzyme at a specific temperature will be dependent on both the temperature the enzyme is operating at as well as the concentrations of the substrates (the starting materials of the reaction that the enzyme catalyzes) and products (the end materials of the reaction) present around the enzyme. However, as a general rule, the activity of an enzyme will be different at at 5 centigrade than it will be at 25 centigrade.
How many substrates can an enzyme have?
A given enzyme works on ONE TYPE of substrate
What does it mean when it says enzymes are specific?
Enzymes are highly specific in their action. For example, enzyme maltase acts on sugar maltose and not on lactose or sucrose. Different enzymes may act on the same substrate but give rise to different products. For example, raffinose gives rise to melibiose and fructose in the presnce of enzyme sucrase while in the presence of enzyme melibiase it produces lactose and sucrose. Similarly an enzyme may act on different substrates like sucrase can act on both sucrose and raffinose producing different end products.
Does a restriction enzyme generate the same size fragments in genomic DNA of different species?
No. A restriction enzyme cuts DNA when it finds a specific sequence. Different animals will have these sequences occur at different intervals so the length of the fragments won't be the same.
Can The activation site of an enzyme bind to a specific subtrate?
The activation site of an enzyme can only bind to a specific substrate.
