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1
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Enzymes role

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Increase rate of chemical reactions
Doesn’t change free energy of products or reactants
Decrease activation energy

2
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Basis of catalysis

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Reactions through high-energy transition states

3
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Oxidoreductases

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Redox

4
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Transferases

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Transfer of functional groups

5
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Hydrolases

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Hydrolysis reactions

6
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Lyases

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Non-hydrolytic breaking/making bonds

7
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Isomerases

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Transfer within molecule yield isomeric form

8
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Ligases

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Join 2 molecules

9
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Active site

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Bind substrate via a.a side chains via weak interactions

Determines specificity of reaction

10
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Types of bonds

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Ionic
Hydrogen
Van der Waals interactions
Covalent

11
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Models for enzyme fits

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Lock and key
Induced fit
Complementary to substrate

12
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Enzymes fit bonds

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Many weak interactions

Specificity and reversibility

13
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Types of catalysis

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Acid-base
Covalent
Redox & radical
Geometric effects
Stabilisation through transition state 
Co factors
14
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Types of co-factors

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Metal ions - orientates substrates
Co enzymes (from vitamins)
15
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Evolutionary history

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Same structure, unique specificties

16
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Convergent evolution

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Same catalytic triad - different order & structure

17
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Chymotrypsin

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Acid - base and covalent cataysis

Cleaves protein at hydrophobic residue = easy to be absorbed in digestion

18
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Oxyanion hole lowers..

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activation energy

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Model for Michaelis-Menten equation

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E+S <=> ES -> E+P

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K1 & K-1 =

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How tightly substrate binds

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K2 =

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Rate of cataylsis, energy of activation

22
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[ES] =

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Controls rate

23
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Progress curve

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Appearance of products over time
Vo
Tangant to beginning of reaction

24
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Vo proportional [E] when

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substrate excess

25
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Vmax =

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max velocity when [S] infinite

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Km =

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Vmax/2

27
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Michaelis-Menten equation

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Vobs = Vmax[S]/

Km + [S]

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Michaelis-Menten assumptions

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Product not convented to substrate
Rate of [ES] formation and breakdown equal
Inital rate = [S] doesn’t change significantly

29
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First order kinetics

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ES -> E + P

30
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Lineweaver-Burk Plot x and y axis

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x = 1/[S]
y = 1/Vo
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Lineweaver-Burk Plot x and y intercept

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x = -1/Km
y = 1/Vmax
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Km high/low =

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low/high affinity (opposite)

33
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Kcat

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No of substrate converted to product, per enzyme, per unit of time
Catalytic activity

34
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Catalytic efficiency

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kcat/km = higher the better

Limit - diffusion controlled rate (10^8s-1m-1)

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Inhibitors function

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bind to enzyme and reduce activity

36
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Irreversible inhibitor

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Binds covalently

Permantly inactivates

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Reversible inhibitor

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Bind noncovantly
Can be released
Competitive and noncompetitive

38
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Competitive reversible inhibitor

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Compete with substrate in active site
Vmax same
Km increase
[S] increase = outcompete inhibitor
Slower rate
39
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Noncompetitive reversible inhibitor

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Binds to different site to active site
Pure
Mixed

40
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Pure noncompetitive reversible inhibitor

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Vmax decrease

Km same

41
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Mixed noncompetitive reversible inhibitor

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Vmax decrease

Km increase

42
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Enzymes and treatment eg 2 types of alcohol

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Toxins produced during metabolism of some alcohols

Alcohol with lower km = likely to be metabolised e ethanol

43
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Receptors types

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Across membrane
Transmit signal across membrane
Membrance bound enzymes
Intracellular

44
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Enzyme features

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1 active site
BInds and changes substrates into products
Membrane bound/free in cytosol

45
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Receptor features

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Several binding site
Bind and release ligans unchanges
Membrane bound/free in cytosol

46
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Receptor definition

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Protein molecules that receives chemical signals outside cells

47
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Ligand definition

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Molecule/drug that binds to receptor

48
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Agonist

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Chemical capable of activating receptor to indue response

49
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Antagonist

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Blocks receptor and stops effects

50
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Alcohol _____ at _____ receptor

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agonist at GABAa

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GABAa receptor

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Membrane bound ligand gated Cl- channel

Iinhibitory

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GABAa receptor + alcohol

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Open channel, allows Cl- into cell

Decrease activity in nervous system

53
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Consequences of alcohol

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Varies on dose and person

Person = different expression of receptor = different response

54
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Useful features to build drug

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Catalyse reactions
Active site
Preferred substrates
Can be inhibited (competitive)

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Design inhibitor

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Know active site and substrate

56
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HIV Protease inhibitor active site

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Cleaves a.a. with common structure with hydrophobic rings (bulky)
+ Asp residues = position substrate

57
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HIV Protease inhibitor substrate

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Cleave peptide bond from long a.a chain

58
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Making drug

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1) build peptide-like backbone
2) add bulky side groups to fit active site
3) rest of drug = soluble

59
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Testing

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Competitive = Vmax same, Km increase