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7. All enzymes are catalysts, butnot all catalysts are enzymes. Why? What isthe difference between a catalyst and an enzyme?

8. Are enzymes specific in theiraction? Explain why or why not.

  1. Would you expect a fat and a sugar molecule to be actedupon by the same enzyme? Explain.
  1. Enzyme molecules are organic biomolecules. Towhich of the 4 major groups of biomolecules to theybelong?

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Enzyme Activity

1. Briefly explain the principle of spectrophotometry.

2. Which of the following statements is true about enzymes?(check all correct answers)

__ enzymes act on (are specific for) one or just a fewsubstrates

__ enzymes can be denatured (loose their tertiary/quaternarystructure and activity) by extreme conditions such as heat, high orlow pH,or presence of organic solvents

__most enzymes are DNA

__ enzymes are protein

__enzymes perform best at specific conditions of temperature, pHand salt concentration

5. Which enzymes break the following macromolecules?

Match the following with their correponding answers:

___ Nucleic acids A. proteases or proteinases such as pepsin

___ Cellulose B. none

___ Triglycerides C. lipases

___ Proteins D. amylases

___ Starch E. nucleases

6.Match the following enzymes totheir products.

Answers

___ pepsin, trypsin and other digestive proteases A.Nucleotides

___ salivary and pancreatic amylases and other enzymes B. AminoAcids

___ lipases C. Monosaccharides

___ nucleases D. fatty acids and glycerol

7. Based on experiments, what is the effect of extremeconditions of pH and temperature (boiling tube) on enzymeactivity?

8. ATP stores energy in the form of___

___ Chemical energy

___ Kinetic energy

___ Thermal energy

___ Activation energy

9. An allosteric site in anenzyme is____

__ the site where reactions occur

__ the site that binds aregulator

__ the site that binds thesubstrate

__ the site that binds the product

10. Enzymes increase the rate of reactions by making thetransition state less stable.
__ True

__ False

11. Enzymes increase the rate of reactions by placing reactingparts of the molecule in favorable positions.
__ True
__ False

12. Which of the followingis a mechanism for regulation of enzymes?

__ covalent modification

__ feedback inhibition

__ allosteric regulation

__ all of the above

13. Which of the following represents a correct order of eventsin an enzyme catalytic cycle?

1.enzyme changes shape

2.substrate binds to active site

3.substrate is converted to products

4. products are released from activesite

__ 1>2>3>4

__ 2>1>3>4

__ 3>2>1>4

__ 2>4>3>1

2. Explain the structural role of the four different categories of biomolecules within a cell.

3. Explain how water, a steroid hormone, and a monosaccharide are transported into a cell down their concentration gradient and explain why the different molecules are transported in different ways.

4. Explain which forms of transport require energy and why, and how ATP facilitates energy-dependent transport.

5. All of the different types of biomolecules can serve as energy sources. Explain which biomolecules are catabolized in which metabolic pathways.

6. Whether or not the cellular machinery is in place for particular catabolic reactions to go forward depends on which genes are being expressed. Explain the different points, in a eukaryotic cell, at which gene expression might be regulated, and how.

7. The primary tasks of any organism are survival and reproduction. Acquiring biomolecules and catabolizing them to generate energy is a major factor in survival. For reproduction to occur, DNA must first be replicated so that it can be passed on. Describe the process of DNA replication.

8. If you wanted to replicate DNA artificially in large quantities, how would you go about it?

9. Once DNA has been replicated, what is the sequence of events in the cell cycle and in cell division that produce the gametes for sexual reproduction? Where does this event fit, along with other cell cycles, in the life cycle of the organism?

10. A number of physical traits in humans are controlled by a simple dominant/recessive relationship between two alleles; here are some examples (dominant/recessive):

Widow’s peak/no widow’s peak

Free earlobes/attached earlobes

Cleft chin/no cleft chin

Dimples/no dimples

Freckles/no freckles

Naturally curly hair (really curly, not wavy)/straight hair

Make a pedigree of your immediate family indicating the possible genotype of each family member (for the six genes listed above) based on their phenotype. If you are adopted, indicate the possible genotypes and phenotypes of your parents. You may make this part up.

describe the definitions of substrate, enzyme active site and its general characteristics, and apoand

holo-enzymes.

· describe the fact that enzyme catalysis is specific in terms of the type of reaction and the exact

substrate structure.

· Explain the difference in the “lock-and-key’ model and the induced fit model of enzyme

substrate interaction.

· describe that reaction rate constant thus reaction rate is dependent on the activation energy.

· describe the relationship between the energy of the transition state and the activation energy.

· describe the relative binding affinity of a substrate and its transition state to the enzyme.

· Explain how enzymes speed up reaction rate, i.e., how do enzymes lower the activation

energy. Note: Factors other than preferential stabilization of transition state also contribute to increased

reaction rate. They include 1) enzymes placing one substrate (reactant) next to the other substrate (reactant)

so that the reaction is no longer dependent on the collision rate of the two substrates; 2) enzymes sequester the

substrate(s), minimizing solvent competition thus speeding up the reaction; 3) in enzyme complexes with each

enzyme catalyzing one step in a multi-step reaction sequence, the product of one reaction is fed to the active site

of another enzyme for the next step without the product diffusing away from the enzyme complex thereby

increasing reaction rate.

· describe the Michaelis-Menten equation relating the initial velocity to total substrate

concentration.

· describe the assumptions that went into the derivation of the Michaelis-Menten equation. ([E]

is constant, steady state assumption, etc)

· describe the relationship between Vmax and kcat and the fact that kcat is a constant for a given

enzyme and substrate at a given temperature and solution condition; whereas Vmax can differ

for a given enzyme and substrate at a given temperature and solution condition, depending

on the enzyme concentration.

· describe the definition of Kd (equilibrium dissociation constant for ES into E and S).

· describe the relationship between Kd and the affinity of substrate for the enzyme, i.e., the

higher the Kd, the weaker the binding between E and S.

· describe the relationship between Kd and Km, i.e., in general, the higher the Kd, the higher theKm.

· Use the Michaelis-Menten equation and the relationship between Vmax and kcat to do

calculations.

· describe the other names for the catalytic rate constant, kcat (i.e., the turn over number; also

called krelease) and why it is so called (kcat reports on per unit time per enzyme molecule the

number of product molecules formed/released, thus the name turnover number or krelease).

· Determine Vmax and Km using both the Michaelis-Menten plot (initial velocity versus [S]) and

the Lineweaver-Burk Plot (the double reciprocal plot), given the data of initial velocity and

[S].

· Draw the Michaelis-Menten plot AND the double reciprocal plot (Lineweaver Burk), given

the Vmax and Km values.

· describe the fact that the term kcat/Km is the best parameter for measuring the catalytic

capability (efficiency) of an enzyme.

· describe the existence of irreversible enzyme inhibition and the general mechanisms of

irreversible inhibition.

· describe the different types of reversible inhibitions, namely the competitive, uncompetitive,

and mixed inhibitions (noncompetitive inhibition is a special case in which the inhibitor

binds E and ES with equal affinity therefore α is equal to α’ – Km is not affected).

· Describe each type of inhibition in terms of inhibitor binding site (active site or other than

the active site), how the inhibitor affects vmax and Km and the quantitative relationship of

each parameter with and without the inhibitor present and their relationship with [I] and KI

or KI

’

.

· Show the characteristics of each type of inhibition on a Michaelis-Menten plot (initial

velocity versus total substrate concentration), i.e. draw the curves with and without the

competitive inhibitor.

· Show the characteristics of each type of inhibition on a double reciprocal plot (LineweaverBurk

Plot) by drawing the lines with and without the competitive inhibitor.

· Given the Michaelis-Menten or double reciprocal plot with and without the inhibitor,

determine the type of inhibitor.

· describe the fact that transition state analogs are potent inhibitors.

· Explain why transition state analogs are potent inhibitors.

· describe that not all enzymes obey Michaelis-Menten kinetics.

· describe situations when an enzyme will not obey Michaelis-Menten kinetics (when the enzyme

catalyzes reactions with multiple substrates or when the enzyme is allosteric, i.e. binding of

the substrate at one active site affects the other active site(s) for the same substrate).

· Name the four types of catalytic mechanisms. (electrostatic catalysis, general/specific acid

base catalysis, metal ion catalysis, covalent catalysis)

· Contrast acid/base catalysis to general acid/base catalysis, i.e., comment on their similarity

and difference.

· Name the eight common general acid/base pairs in proteins and write the formula of the

acid and base form for each pair (hint: consider the eight amino acids that have ionizable

side chains…)

· describe the meaning of covalent catalysis.

· describe the reaction catalyzed by chymotrypsin and the three catalytic residues in

chymotrypsin.

· Draw the interactions among the three catalytic residues (catalytic triad).

· State the catalytic role of each of the catalytic residues and how they accomplish that.

· describe the steps in the formation of the acyl-enzyme intermediate, and the substrate and

products in this first part of the chymotrypsin mechanism.

· Draw the transition state structure for the formation of the acyl-enzyme intermediate and

indicate by drawing how it is preferentially stabilized.

· describe the steps in the regeneration of chymotrypsin (deacylation), the substrates and

product of this second part of the chymotrypsin mechanism.

· Draw the transition state for deacylation and explain how it is preferentially bound to or

stabilized by the enzyme.

· Explain what general acid and base catalysis refers to and what groups act as the general acid

and base in the chymotrypsin mechanism.

· Explain what covalent catalysis refers to in the chymotrypsin mechanism.

· Explain the basis for the substrate specificity of chymotrypsin (consider the composition of

the active site – chymotrypsin specifically cleaves peptide bonds adjacent to aromatic

residues)

· Explain the term “serine protease”. Answer: these are proteases (enzymes that

hydrolyze peptide bonds) that have serine as a catalytic residue (that acts as a

nucleophile, which can attack the carbonyl carbon of the peptide bond).

· Key features of Hexokinase, enolase and lysozyme mechanisms that were discussed in class

(specific methods of catalysis utilized by these enzymes; general description of overall

catalytic transformation)

· describe the four regulatory strategies of enzyme catalysis

· describe the definition of feedback inhibition (mechanism of cellular regulation that regards an

enzyme that catalyzes the production of a given substance that then inhibits the cell when

concentration of that substance has reached an appropriate level – this balances/regulates

amount of product provided with amount needed)

· describe the most common type of covalent modification and the types of enzymes

responsible for the addition and removal of the chemical group in this covalent

modification.

· Explain the general mechanism of phosphorylation in regulating enzyme activity.

· describe the general naming scheme for active and inactive proteases.

· describe that protease inhibitors exist to inhibit protease.

· describe that enzymes are regulated through covalent and non-covalent processes.

· Noncovalent regulation

o Describe noncovalent modification in general terms. Elaborate on the relation

among enzyme activity, allostery, effector molecules (small molecules) and control

proteins.

o Concerning allosteric regulation, some enzymes have multiple active sites for the

same substrate and the binding of the substrate increases the activity of the enzyme

by stabilizing the R (more active) state over the T (relatively inactive) state. (Lecture

13: “Noncovalent Modification: Allosteric Regulators”)

ß Draw a curve for the initial reaction velocity versus substrate concentration.

ß describe and explain the specific shape of the v0 vs. [S] plot.

ß Draw on the same graph above a v0 vs. [S] curve for the enzyme in the

absence of allostery. and how th i.e., in the absence of conformational change

upon substrate binding. Comment on the shape of this curve.

ß Comment on the benefit of allosteric activation.

ß When an inhibitor is present for such an allosteric enzyme, the v0 versus [S]

plot will shift. Draw a v0 vs. [S] curve with and without the inhibitor.

ß When an activator is present for such an allosteric enzyme, the v0 versus [S]

plot will shift. Draw a v0 vs. [S] curve with and without the inhibitor.

ß When an activator is present for such an allosteric enzyme, the v0 versus.

ß describe the relationship between feedback inhibition and allosteric regulation

and the reason behind the term “feedback inhibition”.

· Covalent regulation

o describe the most common covalent modification, the enzymes that catalyze the

modification and the removal of that modification, respectively and the amino acid

residues that tend to be the site of this modification.

o Write the structure of the added group bonded to those residues and the reaction for

this covalent modification.

o Rationalize the effectiveness of phosphorylation on altering the activity of an

enzyme.

o describe the mechanism of chymotrypsinogen activation to chymotrypsin (cleavage of

zymogen by trypsin).

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