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Classify this enzyme
Posted by biochemistryquestions on September 20, 2008
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Some questions about coenzymes, the organic cofactors of enzymes
Posted by biochemistryquestions on September 18, 2008
(E-12) FMN and FAD have in common that in both structures we can find:
a) riboflavin
b) adenosine
c) AMP
d) Ribose
e) Adenine
(E-13) FMN, FAD, NAD+ and NADP+ are organic cofactors in reactions catalyzed by enzymes:
a) oxidoreductases
b) lyases
c) ligases
d) isomerases
e) hydrolases
f) transferases
(E-14) A compound present in NAD+ and NADP+ but not in FMN and FAD is:
a) Niacin
b) Riboflavin
c) Adenin
d) Ribose
e) Phosphate
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Q: About the regulation of the enzyme activity
Posted by biochemistryquestions on September 17, 2008
(E-11) Which kind of process is represented in the diagram that appears below, considering that:
- increasing the concentration of the Substrate S the activity of the enzyme increases.
- The compound I is not related to the metabolic pathway in which this enzyme participates
- Vmax is not affected by the compound I
- Km increases as result of the presence of I
Options:
a) allosteric activation
b) allosteric inhibition
c) competitive inhibition
d) homotropic interaction
e) heterotropic interaction
f) irreversible inhibition
g) feed back inhibition
h) feed back activation
i) non competitive inhibition
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