exam 2 review

What should the enzyme be complementary to?

• the transition state

• the substrate

• the product

____ is the name of the lock and key model for enzymes

which of the following is a strategy that an enzyme will use to catalyze a specific reaction (select all that apply)

• covalent catalysis

• acid-base

• metal-ion

• catalyze by approximation

hyperbolic curves on a graph show what type of plot?

• lineweaver burk plot

• michaelis menten plot

linear curve on a graph shows what type of plot?

• lineweaver burk plot

• michaelis menten plot

lineweaver burk plots are also known as

What is the maximum velocity divided by the total amount of enzyme concentration

• Vmax

• Enzyme conc

• Kcat

• Km

what is the turnover rate?

• the y-intercept

• vmax

• km

• Kcat

a good enzyme has

• a high kcat, low km

• high kcat, high km

• low kcat, low km

• low kcat, high km

a low km means...

• low affinity

• high affinity