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  • The rate-determining step of Michaelis Menten kinetics is


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  • A. the complex formation step
  • B. the complex dissociation step to produce product
  • C. the product formation step
  • D. Both (a)and(c)

  • Correct Answer
  • the complex dissociation step to produce product 


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    • 1. Linear inhibition is sometimes called as

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    • A. complete inhibition
    • B. incomplete inhibtion
    • C. partial inhibition
    • D. mixed inhibition
    • Discuss
    • 2. An enzyme and a reactant molecule maintain relationship as

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    • A. a temporary association
    • B. an association stabilized by a covalent bond
    • C. one in which the enzyme is changed permanently
    • D. non complementary binding
    • Discuss
    • 3. An enzyme is assayed at an initial substrate concentration of 2 x 10-5M. In 6 minute, half of the substrate is used. The Km for the substrate is 2 x 10-3M. The value of k in minute is

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    • A. 0.115
    • B. 0.42
    • C. 0.093
    • D. 6.693
    • Discuss
    • 4. A competitive inhibitor of an enzyme is usually

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    • A. a highly reactive compound
    • B. a metal ion such as Hg2+ or Pb2+
    • C. structurally similar to the substrate.
    • D. water insoluble
    • Discuss
    • 5. Which of these proteases is not a cysteine active site protease?

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    • A. Calpain
    • B. Cathepsin D
    • C. Papain
    • D. None of the above
    • Discuss
    • 6. The active site of an enzyme remains

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    • A. at the center of globular proteins
    • B. rigid and does not change shape
    • C. complementary to the rest of the molecule
    • D. none of the above
    • Discuss
    • 7. In a Lineweaver-Burk Plot, competitive inhibitor shows which of the following effect?

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    • A. It moves the entire curve to right
    • B. It moves the entire curve to left
    • C. It changes the x-intercept
    • D. It has no effect on the slope
    • Discuss
    • 8. The enzyme inhibition can occur by

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    • A. reversible inhibitors
    • B. irreversible inhibitors
    • C. Both (a) and (b)
    • D. None of these
    • Discuss
    • 9. Which graphical method is used to determine an enzyme degree of cooperativity?

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    • A. Hill plot
    • B. Koshland curve
    • C. Michaelis-Menten hyperbola
    • D. Can not be determined
    • Discuss
    • 10. Which of these enzymes contains a Zinc (Zn) ion?

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    • A. Carboxypeptidase A
    • B. Phosphorylase B kinase
    • C. Tyrosine hydroxylase
    • D. Phosphodiesterase
    • Discuss


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