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  • Question
  • Which of the following common drugs is not a specific enzyme inhibitor?


  • Options
  • A. Iodine
  • B. Methotrexate
  • C. Sulfbnilamide
  • D. Penicillin

  • Correct Answer
  • Iodine 


  • Enzymes and Kinetics problems


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    • 1. Which of the following activity is possible by transferases?

    • Options
    • A. Transfer of methyl groups
    • B. Transfer of glycosyl group
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 2. The types of inhibition pattern based on Michaelis Menten equation are

    • Options
    • A. competitive
    • B. non-competitive
    • C. uncompetitive
    • D. all of the above
    • Discuss
    • 3. The relationship between Keq, Km and Vmax is known as

    • Options
    • A. Haldane equation
    • B. Michaelis Menten equation
    • C. Numerical solution approach
    • D. Gibbs-Helmholtz equation
    • Discuss
    • 4. The reciprocal equation for non competitive inhibition can be arranged to the equation for the

    • Options
    • A. Dixon plot
    • B. Woolf-Augusteinsson-Hofstee plot
    • C. Eadie-Scatchard plot
    • D. Hanes-Woolf plot
    • Discuss
    • 5. In competitive inhibition a factor is obtained from the measurement of

    • Options
    • A. Vmax
    • B. KM
    • C. Y-intercept in Lineweaver-Burk Plot
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 6. Which of the following statements is not true?

    • Options
    • A. Enzymes are proteins that bind to specific substrates and increase the velocity of reactions involving those substrates
    • B. Enzymes function by overcoming the activation energy barrier of a reaction
    • C. Enzymes make thermodynamically favorable reactions to proceed; they cannot make unfavorable reactions to occur
    • D. Enzymes only function when they are in intact cells
    • Discuss
    • 7. Which of the following statements is true for enzymatically catalyzed reaction?

    • Options
    • A. The activation energy of the reaction is lowered so that a larger proportion of the substrate qualifies to overcome it
    • B. Additional substrate molecules are energized to overcome the activation energy of the reaction
    • C. The activation energy of the reaction is increased, thus decreasing the likelihood that any substrate molecules will overcome it
    • D. The activation energy of the reaction is lowered so that a fewer substrate molecules can overcome it
    • Discuss
    • 8. The conformational change in an enzyme after the substrate is bound that allows the chemical reaction to proceed, can be explained by

    • Options
    • A. induced fit
    • B. transition
    • C. fit and fine
    • D. Pasteur
    • Discuss
    • 9. A classical uncompetitive inhibitor is a compound that binds

    • Options
    • A. reversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an inactive ESI complex
    • B. irreversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an inactive ESI complex
    • C. reversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an active ESI complex
    • D. irreversibly to the enzyme substrate complex yielding an active ESI complex
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of these proteases is not a cysteine active site protease?

    • Options
    • A. Calpain
    • B. Cathepsin D
    • C. Papain
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss


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