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9195656026Enzymes alterreaction rate, equilibrium0
9195687991free energy of peptide bond isexergonic (release)1
9195752131exergonic -ΔG isspontaneous2
9195757411endergonic +ΔG isnon-spontaneous3
9195847666decreasing ΔG willaccelerate reactions4
9195867941hydrolysis of pb is exergonic and moves slowhigh activation energy5
9195871454active site of an enzyme isthe location where the substrate binds6
9195906866chemical complementarityhas proper shape and stereochemistry ahead of time to allow binding of the substrate and stabilization by non-covalent interactions with r-groups7
9195943253lock and key modelcomplementarity before substrate binding8
9195947074induced fit modelenzyme adjusts to form complementarity after substrate binding9
9195951743catalytic triadSer195, His52, Asp10210
9195959187Chymotrypsin cleavespb after bulky or aromatic (phenylalanine or tryosine)11
9195963066Trypsin cleavespb that are basic and negatively charged (lysine and arginine)12
9195969300elastase cleavespb with small side chains (glycine, alanine, valine)13
9195998000serine proteaseshave catalytic triad, covalent intermediate14
9196002034aspartate proteasestwo asp residues, direct nucleophilic attack by water15
9196012220aspartic acid isthe acid residue16
9196014292histidinepolarizes or aligns the base17
9196016392serineactivates the nucleophile18
9196022800covalent catalysis (chymotrypsin)form intermediate and breakdown the intermediate19
9196027159purpose of the catalytic triadspeed up rxn in proteases20
9196035719oxyanion holestabilizes transition state from its positively charged residues21
9196046290s1 pocketspecificity, hydrophobic residues22
9196057561allosteric enzymesproteins that alter the shape and activity with bonding of allosteric effector at allosteric site23
9196070251allosteric effectorchange the shape of the enzyme allowing it bind with substrate24
9196076688allosteric site isplaced on an enzyme where a molecule that is not a substrate may bind25
9196088218allosteric enzymes do notfollow michaelis-menten kinetics bc more than two active sites and subunits26
9196096227regulate ATCase bcit catalyzes the first step in pyrimidine biosynthesis, if not there rxn will use all of its energy up trying to synthesize pyrimidines27
9196108338ATCase hassix catalytic and six regulatory subunits28
9196116717PALA isa competitive inhibitor that binds at the active site of ATCase29
9196131485when PALA binds to catalytic triad this state is favoredR30
9196136137in the absence of substrates this state is favoredT31
9196142485T state is stabilized byCTP binding to an allosteric site on the regulatory subunit32
9196153120Phosphorylation is a good mechanism toalter the structure and function of proteins bc its reversible33
9196159732protein kinase A hastwo catalytic and two regulatory subunits34
9196168056Protein Kinase A is activated bycyclic AMP (weakens R and C interactions to open up active sites for binding)35
9196177073Vmax ismax velocity at which the enzyme catalyzes a rxn36
9196182426Km is thesubstrate concentration at 1/2 vmax37
9196186030An enzyme with Km has a lowaffinity and needs higher [S] to get to vmax38
9196195919enzymes reduce ΔGlow free energy of ts by binding to it tightly, changing reaction pathway39
9196205389Michaelis-Menten Equation40
9196221191Km does notdepend on [e]41
9196248029glucose haworth42
9196254507glucose chair43
9196270952glucose fischer44
9196274391mannose chair45
9196278524mannose fischer46
9196284061mannose haworth47
9196288870galactose chair48
9196302036galactose haworth49
9196311616galactose fischer50
9196319200glycosidic bonds areanhydrous covalent links between an alcohol and the anomeric oh of a sugar. reducing properties are lost51
9196328269in n link glycosylationthe sugar is attached through a nitrogen (asparagine or arginine)52
9196333818in o linked glycosylationthe sugar is attached through a oxygen on a oh group (serine, threonine, or tyrosine)53
9196346802fructose fischer54
9196350817fructose haworth55
9196369170reducing sugars contain ahemiacetal56
9196369172hemiacetals haveone oh group and one or group attached57
9196382960pump goes throughactive transport, across membrane against the gradient58
9196386397channel ionsgo through passive transport59
9196395469membrane fluidity is controlled bytemperature, amount of cholesterol, and stereolipids60
9196405938where fatty acids are extended (low motion and lateral diffusion)paracrystalline gel phase61
9196411362enzyme exists in two conformational statesE1 and E262
9196411363E is theresting state with two Ca2+63
9196416323Atp bind to thedomain and is hydrolyzed64
9196422006Adp is released and the proteinadapts E2 conformation65
9196440054transmembrane domainten a helices with a channel with two Ca2+ ions bound by 7 O2 atoms from glutamamte, aspartate, and threonine66
9196451633n domainsite of atp binding and hydrolysis67
9196454390p domainaccepts phosphate group from atp with an asp residue68
9196458083a domaininduces conformational change of t region releasing Ca2+69

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