Enzymes and metabolic pathways - Factors affecting enzyme activity

4 important questions on Enzymes and metabolic pathways - Factors affecting enzyme activity

How does higher temperature influence chemical reactions?

Molecules move faster

Easier for electrons to gain activation energy

What are other effects of temperature on protein?

Denaturation; irreversible loss of activity

Protein chain unfolds; active site is lost

Becomes insoluble and precipates out of solution

What substrates are mostly involved in enzyme-catalyzed reactions?

Catalyzing lysis of a molecule

Isomerization reaction (only a single substrate)

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What is meant by cooperativity in cooperative (allosteric) enzymes?

Cooperation of subunits of the complete enzyme by binding the substrate to active site (which changes the conformation of the whole multisubunit arry), affecting other active sites altering the ease which the substratecan bind. Also allesteric enzymes due to the change in the conformation (shape).

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