0
Want this question answered?
Be notified when an answer is posted
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What can effect how the enzyme and substrate come together?
Shape of substrate, shape of the enzyme, Competitive, noncompetitive and allosteric inhibitors.
Can alcohol be broken down by chemical means?
It can be converted to water and carbon dioxide by setting it on fire. Ethanol can be broken down in the body by an enzyme called alcohol dehydrogenase.
What does H2s positive mean?
H2S positive bacteria are able to metabolise sulfurhydrogen.
Formation of formaldehyde from methyl alcohol?
In the body this reaction is carried out by the enzyme alcohol dehydrogenase, the same enzyme that reduces ethyl alcohol to acetaldehyde: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcohol_dehydrogenase This is main mechanism of methanol toxicity due to the tissue damage casued by the resulting formaldehyde. On the bench you can perform a variety of dehydrogenation reactions, usually catalysed by metal salts such as copper chromite. The industrial method involves passing methanol vapour over copper heated to 300C.
What enzyme is used to change glucose into fructose?
In the major pathway of ethanol metabolism the 2 enzymes involved are alcohol dehydrogenase, aldehyde dehydrogenase and thiokinase. ethanol + NAD+ <=> acetaldehyde + NADH + H+ (ethanol dehydrogenase) acetaldehyde + NAD+ <=> acetate + NADH + H+ (aldehyde dehydrogenase) acetate + coA + ATP <=> acetyl coA + AMP + PPi (thiokinase)
Would hand sanitizer gel affect hair strand alcohol tests?
Does the alcohol in hand sanitizers get absorbed through the skin and metabolise by the body
What is the enzyme that detoxifies alcohol?
ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase) ADH (alcohol dehydrogenase)
After a night of drinking my body hurts. Why?
It's called a hangover. Alcohol is a type of poison. The next day as the body tries to metabolise the alcohol, a person may feel ill.
Can dogs drink vodka?
They can but not all would and it is definitely not recommended
How long to metabolize alcohol?
It takes the liver approximately one hour to metabolise one ounce of alcohol. It would take approximately 6 hours to eliminate 6 ounces of alcohol.
Is enzyme a alochol?
alcohol contains glucose and ethanol.
What is The enzyme which converts glucose into ethyl alcohol is?
Invertase
What is action of alcohol dehydrogenase and how it affects the health?
Alcohol dehydrogenase is an enzyme that breaks down alcohol into acetaldehyde. It keeps you from dying of alcohol poisoning.
What is Kombachi?
the unscientific name for the enzyme that breaks down alcohol in your body
Males can eliminate alcohol from their bodies faster than women due to having higher amounted of?
the dehydrogenase enzyme
Why can you not drink alcohol without feeling dizzy and wanting to vomit?
Most commonly this is from a deficiency of the enzyme that degrades alcohol (alcohol dehydrogenase). This is very common in Asians.
Why will all of a sudden a face have a bad reaction to alcohol?
Some people who lack the enzyme to break down the alcohol (alcohol dehydrogenase) get facial flushing when they drink.
