BIOG 1440 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Metabolic Pathway, Ionic Strength, Activation Energy

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1: enzymes speed up metabolic rxns by lowering energy barriers. If a mechanism exists, the rxn will happen a: free energy increases for reactants to reach transition state (activation energy, does not affect free energy change of reaction. Active site binding critical to lowering activation energy: active site: region on enzyme where substrate binds. Enzymes have optimal conditions: enzyme"s activity can be affected by , general environmental conditions i. 1: optimal temp for typical enzyme=37 c ii. Ex: sulfonamides (antibiotics) i: competitive inhibitors of folate synthesis in bacteria, dpp+paba product i. Increase amounts of paba to outcompete with sulfa: mutate protein that sulfonamide targets so drug binds w/ lower affinity. Express transporter that can pump the drug out. Allosteric regulation of enzymes: occurs when regulatory molecule binds to protein at one site and affects protein"s function at another site, may either inhibit or stimulate an enzyme"s activity, activator stabilizes active form of enzyme.

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