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What would be unlikely to contribute to the substrate specificity of an enzyme?
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The allosteric site is distinct from the active site, and does not affect the substrate specificity of the enzyme
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What causes enzyme specificity?
The enzyme's surface folds are complementary to the substrate's surface folds.
The specificity of an enzyme is due to its active siteThe active site is a shape only a certain?
An enzyme's active site will bind with only a specific substrate. Any other kind of substrate will be rejected by the active site.
The binding together of an enzyme and a substrate forms a what?
enzyme-substrate complex
What are four things that can affect the way enzymes work?
pH, temperature, concentration of enzyme, substrate concentration, etc
The substance acted upon by an enzyme is called its?
A substrate is the substance acted upon by an enzyme. The enzyme substrate complex is when an enzyme molecule combines with its substrates.
What causes enzyme specificity?
The enzyme's surface folds are complementary to the substrate's surface folds.
Can an enzyme bind to nearly any molecule?
No; enzymes have substrate specificity, which means the substrate has to be a specific shape for the enzyme to bind to it.
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
The specificity of an enzyme is due to its active siteThe active site is a shape only a certain?
An enzyme's active site will bind with only a specific substrate. Any other kind of substrate will be rejected by the active site.
What is enzyme-substrate specificity?
It means that an enzyme will only work on one specific substrate at a time, because no meaningful biochemical activity can occur without their absolute specificity.We are talking about 30,000 bio-enzymatically controlled Biochemical reactions.In the Chem Lab a product yield of 60 percent is a huge achievement.In the Body anything less than a 100 percent yieldwould swiftly result in the Cell being overwhelmed by the useless by-products of these 30,000 biochemical Reactions.
How is a catalyst like platinum different from an enzyme?
Catalysts are compounds that change the speed of chemical reactions. An enzyme is a protein and also a catalyst. So an enzyme can be a catalyst, but a catalyst can't be an enzyme.
What to enzymes do in an enzyme-substrate?
in an enzyme-substrate complex, the enzyme acts on the substrate .
What is a substrate in the context of enzyme reaction?
Enzyme-substrate specificity means that a substrate can fit into an enzyme similar to a key fitting into a lock. The active site of the enzyme is what determines its specificity. An enzyme can hence catalyze a reaction with a specific substrate, such as amylase catalyzing starch molecules. During these reactions, the substrate is held in a precise optimum position to create and break bonds, catalyzing the molecule.
The binding together of an enzyme and a substrate forms a what?
enzyme-substrate complex
What is it called when and enzyme and substrate come together?
The binding of an enzyme and a substrate forms an enzyme-substrate complex. It lowers the activation energy of a chemical reaction
What are four things that can affect the way enzymes work?
pH, temperature, concentration of enzyme, substrate concentration, etc
How can induced fit influence the specificity of an enzyme?
Induced fit: is a more recent theory which suggests that the substrate attaches to the enzyme in a relatively accurate fit, then the enzyme moulds around it, then continues the chemically complex reaction. Lock and Key Mechanism: As obvious as the name states, the lock and key model is simply the substrate fitting acutely into the enzyme with no adjustments required to the enzyme. K.G. ;)
