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A change in pH can alter the ionization of amino acid side chains in an enzyme, which in turn affects the formation and stability of hydrogen bonds. These hydrogen bonds are crucial for maintaining the enzyme's tertiary and quaternary structures. If the pH deviates from the enzyme's optimal range, it can lead to denaturation, reducing enzyme activity and potentially inhibiting its catalytic function. Ultimately, this can significantly impact the enzyme's ability to facilitate biochemical reactions.
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Is enzyme organic or inorganic?
An enzyme is a protein and has many carbon hydrogen bonds, so it is an organic molecule.
What bonds do helicase and polymerase enzymes break?
Helicase enzyme breaks hydrogen bonds between base pairs in DNA strands to unwind the double helix structure. Polymerase enzyme breaks the bonds between nucleotides in the DNA strand being replicated, allowing for the addition of new nucleotides during DNA replication.
Which intermolecular force affects melting point the most?
These are the hydrogen bonds between molecules.
What are enzymes and what are they made of?
Enzymes are biological catalysts. This means they break down substances without being changed themselves. This is why they can be used over and over again. Enzymes are made from amino acids joined together by different bonds, one of the type of bonds being hydrogen bonds. As enzymes have hydrogen bonds it means they are sensitive to pH and temperature. A temperature too low will mean that the molecules (substrate) which should fit to an area on the enzyme called the active site cannot do so as hydrogen bonds are stronger in colder conditions. (Enzymes change slightly as the substrate fits on to it) This would mean that the enzyme is less able to change shape slightly because the stronger hydrogen bonds make the enzyme less flexible. Temperatures which are too high for the enzyme (if they exceed the perfect temperature, called the optimum temperature, of the enzyme) denature the enzymes, meaning that they are unable to catalyse chemical reactions, this is due to the high temperature causing the hydrogen bonds which bond the amino acids together to beak, causing the enzymes active site to change shape, meaning that the substrate can no longer fit into the active site meaning that the rate of reaction of the chemical reaction is lower. There is a point when the hydrogen bonds, once broken, are no longer able to re-bond, meaning the enzyme could never "re-nature". This is very bad if the chemical reaction is necessary. If the pH which the enzyme is exposed to is not its optimum the rate of reaction will be slower as the pH changes the molecular shape of the enzyme, and can have an effect on the intermolecular forces of the Hydrogen bonds (it can weaken or strengthen them)
How are hydrogen bonds separated when DNA copies itself?
During DNA replication, hydrogen bonds between base pairs are broken by an enzyme called DNA helicase. This enzyme unwinds the double helix structure of DNA, separating the two strands. This allows for new complementary nucleotides to be added during the replication process.
Which enzyme breaks the hydrogen bonds during DNA replication?
The enzyme that breaks the hydrogen bonds during DNA replication is called helicase.
What mechanism breaks hydrogen bonds in DNA?
The enzyme helicase breaks hydrogen bonds in DNA.
Which enzyme is responsible for breaking hydrogen bonds during DNA replication?
The enzyme responsible for breaking hydrogen bonds during DNA replication is called DNA helicase.
How might very low pH affect an enzyme's hydrogen bonds?
A very low pH can break the hydrogen bonds in an enzyme which causes the shape of the enzyme to change shape making the enzyme unable to do it's job. This is called "denaturation" However some enzymes such as pepsin only work in a low pH (pepsin works best in a pH of about 3) so it does depend on the enzyme.
What enzyme is involved in breaking down hydrogen bonds?
Helicase
What opens DNA but breaks hydrogen bonds?
The enzyme helicase.
What are the two types of chemical bonds observed between enzyme and substrate?
The two types of chemical bonds observed between enzyme and substrate are hydrogen bonds and temporary covalent bonds formed between specific amino acid residues in the active site of the enzyme and functional groups on the substrate. These bonds help to stabilize the enzyme-substrate complex and facilitate the catalytic reaction.
Is enzyme organic or inorganic?
An enzyme is a protein and has many carbon hydrogen bonds, so it is an organic molecule.
What Enzyme that separates DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds that link the nitrogen bases?
Helicase ! (:
Which bonds are the last to break when an enzyme is heated 1 disulphide 2 hydrogen 3 hydrophobic interactions 4 ionic?
The disulphide bonds are typically the last to break when an enzyme is heated. Disulphide bonds are covalent bonds that are strong and require higher temperatures to break compared to hydrogen bonds, hydrophobic interactions, and ionic bonds.
What enzyme the separates DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds that link the nitrogen bases?
The enzyme that separates DNA by breaking the hydrogen bonds that link the nitrogen bases is called DNA helicase. It unwinds the double-stranded DNA molecule during processes such as DNA replication and transcription by breaking the hydrogen bonds between the base pairs.
Substrate attaches to what of an enzyme?
At the active site. The substrate is held in the active site by "weak interactions" such as hydrogen bonds and ionic bonds.
