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It takes time (although usually a very small amount) for an enzyme molecule to catalyze a reaction. An enzyme solution is said to be saturated if all the molecules of enzyme in the solution are operating at full capacity (all active sites binding substrate molecules). Some enzymes are easily saturated (RuBisCo - 3 reactions/second) due to the highly energetically-demanding reactions that they catalyze while other enzymes that catalyze relatively simple reactions (amylase - many many reactions/second) are harder to saturate.
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How can you tell when a liquid has become saturated?
A solution is saturated when it is no longer possible to dissolve an additional quantity of solute, at constant temperature.
Does freezing honey kill enzymes?
Freezing honey can slow down the activity of enzymes, but it doesn't completely kill them. Enzymes may become less active while frozen, but they can become active again once the honey returns to room temperature.
What ensures that the network does not become saturated at any one point?
Flow control ensures that the network does not become saturated at any one point. By directing traffic in the best direction, network hardware is capable of balancing the load efficiently and accurately.
What would happen to a saturated solution if cooled in the refrigerator?
If it is saturated with a solid solute, you would expect some of the solid to precipitate out - as long as the solid could find a surface to nucleate on. If it is saturated with a gas, you would expect more gas to dissolve into it as long as it was still in contact with the saturating gas in the gas phase.
What is the relation between dynamic equilibrium and a saturated solution?
For a short period of time they become one.
Do saturated fats become clear?
If you heat them up.
If enzymes do not function they are called?
Enzymes that become no longer functional are referred to as being "denatured".
Allosteric enzymes are most effective when the substrate concentration is?
low, as they can exhibit cooperative binding of substrates and activators at low concentrations. At high substrate concentrations, the active site may become saturated, reducing the impact of allosteric regulation.
How can you tell when a liquid has become saturated?
A solution is saturated when it is no longer possible to dissolve an additional quantity of solute, at constant temperature.
How can a saturated solution become supersaturated?
How a saturated solution can become supersaturated?
What do we call the temperature at which air become saturated?
the dew point!
Does congestion control ensures that the network does not become saturated at any one point?
Congestion control does ensure that the network does not become saturated at any one point. This ensures that there is no compromise in the quality of service.
How can you help a saturated solution become a supersaturated solution?
Adding more solute the solution become supersaturated.
What type of organisms make saturated fatty acids?
This has a good list of at least a few things that have saturated fatty acids. In addition to animals, there are plants that make saturated fats (eg. coconuts, cashews, cacao beans, and soybeans).
What is meant by the term dewpoint''''?
The temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated.
What are two ways for air to become saturated?
From increased evaporation or from a drop in the temperature.
Does freezing honey kill enzymes?
Freezing honey can slow down the activity of enzymes, but it doesn't completely kill them. Enzymes may become less active while frozen, but they can become active again once the honey returns to room temperature.
