Enzymes (Chapter 6) Flashcards
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What Vitalism?
The belief that living things are different from non-living things because they contain some non-physical element
How do Enzymes contribute to Human Health?
- Causes of diseases:
Gain or loss or change of a function of an enzyme
-Therapeutic targets:
Target the activity of specific enzymes
-Indicators of Disease:
Biomarkers to inform disease susceptibility, prognosis and treatments
What is Proteolysis?
Hydrolysis of a peptide bond
The _______ of an enzyme is due to the ______ of the ______ with the ______
Specificity
Precise interaction
Substrate
Enzyme
_______ is from the ______ of the enzyme
Precision
3D Structure
What are the 6 Major classes of Enzymes?
Oxidoreductases Transferases Hydrolases Lysases Isomerases Ligases
The Transfer of electrons between molecules
Oxidoreductases
Transfer functional groups between molecules
Transferases
Cleaves molecules with water and transfers functional groups to water
Hydrolases
Adds atoms or Functional groups to a double bond or removes them to form a double bond
Lysases
Move Functional groups within a molecule to make isomeric forms
Isomerases
Joins 2 molecules powered by ATP hydrolysis
Ligases
C-C bond C-S bond C-O bond C-N bond are made by what?
Ligases by condensation coupled to ATP cleavage
Some enzymes alone are fully active. What do enzymes that aren’t fully active require?
Co-Factors and Co-Enzymes
What is a Co-Factor?
Inorganic ions
What is a Co-Enzyme?
Complex organic molecules
like vitamins
What is a Prosthetic Group?
The association of Co-Factors and Co-Enzymes with an enzyme
What is the difference between the association of a Co-Factor and the association of a Co-Enzyme?
The degree of association
Different enzymes that use the same co-enzyme will usually do what?
Perform the same type of reaction
What do Catalysts do?
Lowers amount of energy needed for the reaction to proceed
Speed up equilibrium
Recycled to participate in another reaction
Why are enzymes better than Chemical Catalysts?
Speed: Enzymes are faster
Conditions: Function at certain physiological conditions, a lot simple conditions
Specificity: High Degree of specificity, including stereospecificty, more specific
Regulation: Many enzymes are responsive to the needs of the cell and organism
What is the Circe Effect?
Some enzymes are able to catalyze reactions faster by diffusion control limits, enzymes are drawing the substrates towards them
What reaction in the Circe Effect is called what?
Electrostatic Reactions
______-_______=_______
Enzyme-cofactor=apoenzyme