Terminology
Activity
Regulation
Metabolism
Review
100

Common names of enzymes end in this

What is -ase?

100
The temperature or pH at which an enzyme is most functional
What is Optimum?
100
Small molecules that alter activity of enzyme.
What is Effector or regulator?
100
Study of energy use in biological systems is called this.
What is bioenergetics?
100
Phenols can act as these, which can donate a proton.
What is weak acids?
200
Holoenzymes are made up of these two components.
What is apoenzyme and cofactor?
200

In this model, the active site has a well defined shape that is complementary to the substrate.

What is Lock-and-Key model?

200
Binds tightly to enzyme and permanently inhibits enzyme activity.
What is irreversible inhibitor?
200
The two parts of a common metabolic pathway are
What are citric acid cycle and oxidative phosphorylation?
200
Reaction of a carboxylic acid with an alcohol yields this functional group.
What is Ester?
300
Metal ions are examples of this protein required for an enzymes functional activity.
What is cofactor?
300
The barrier a reaction needs to cross to go to completion.
What is activation energy?
300
Inhibitor that binds and alters shape of active site.
What is noncompetitive inhibitor?
300
The two electron carriers in redox reactions are called
What is NAD and FAD?
300
Amino acid with abbreviation Thr.
What is Threonine?
400

The site at which at substrate binds to an enzyme

What is active site?

400
Intermediate formed when substrate binds to active site
What is enzyme-substrate complex?
400
Feedback inhibition is this type of regulation.
What is negative allosterism?
400
Breakdown of ATP yields what molecules
What is ADP, inorganic phosphate, and energy?
400
NaBH4 is this type of reagent
What is Reducing?
500
The enzyme that hydrolyzes the ester bond of the neurotransmitter involved in muscle contraction.
What is acetylcholinesterase?
500
The shape shown in the graph of changing substrate concentration vs. rate.
What is Hyperbolic?
500
Sulfa drugs are this type of inhibitor.
What is competitive?
500
Coenzyme A carries these
What is activated acyl groups?
500
Common name for N-ethylbutanamide
What is N-ethylbutyramide?
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