Biochemical Engineering - Enzymes and Kinetics

Exercise : Enzymes and Kinetics - Section 1
1.
A competitive inhibitor of an enzyme is usually
a highly reactive compound
a metal ion such as Hg2+ or Pb2+
structurally similar to the substrate.
water insoluble
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2.
Linear inhibition is sometimes called as
complete inhibition
incomplete inhibtion
partial inhibition
mixed inhibition
Answer: Option
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3.
The types of inhibition pattern based on Michaelis Menten equation are
competitive
non-competitive
uncompetitive
all of the above
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4.
The effect of non-competitive inhibition on a Lineweaver-Burk Plot is that
it can move the entire curve to the right
it can change the y-intercept
it can change the x-intercept
all of these
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5.
The rate-determining step of Michaelis Menten kinetics is
the complex formation step
the complex dissociation step to produce product
the product formation step
Both (a)and(c)
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