This is a timed quiz.
You have 12 minutes to complete the 12 questions in this quiz.
1- which is true for a denatured enzyme ;
a) it looses its native conformation
b) its peptide bond are broken
c) enzyme solubility increases
d) it can still binds its substrate and catalyze the reaction
2- initial velocity of an enzyme - catalyzed reaction is which ;
a) velocity before adding the enzyme
b) velocity before accumulation of product
c) velocity at zero substrate concentration
d) velocity with substrate concentration equal to Km
e) the lowest velocity
3- a non competitive inhibitor of an enzyme ;
a) increase km with no change in Vmax
b) decrease km and Vmax
c) increase Vmax with no change in km
d) decrease Vmax with no change in km
4- a coenzyme is which of the following ;
a) the protein part of an enzyme
b) an inactive enzyme
c) an inorganic cofactor
d) a substrate needed for the enzyme action
5- an enzyme catalyzes reaction by which of the following mechanism ;
a) forcing the reaction against natural equilibrium
b) lowering the activation energy of the reaction
c) binding the products of the reaction to guarantee its continuity
d) giving the reactants energy required to make the reaction
6- Michaelis constant equals which of the following ;
a) half the substrate concentration that gives Vmax
b) the substrate concentration that half saturate the enzyme
c) the initial velocity at half saturation of the enzyme
d) none of the above
7- the effect of methotrexate on dihydrofolate reductase is ;
a) increased km with no change in Vmax
b) decreased km and Vmax
c) no change in km and decreased Vmax
increased km and decreased Vmax
8-what is meant by induction of an enzyme ;
a) increased synthesizes of the enzyme from the gene
b) increased kinetic energy of the enzyme
c) activation of an inactive enzyme
d) enhanced affinity between the enzyme and its substrate
9- the effect of allopurinole on xanthine oxidase enzyme ;
a) decrease formation of uric acid
b) decreases Vmax and no change in km
c) the effect can not be reversed by dialysis
d) the effect can not be reversed by increasing substrate concentration
e) all of the above
10- an allosteric molecule is characterized by ;
a) can bind covalently to the enzyme
b) can bind to the active site of the enzyme
c) binds non covalently to the enzyme
d) is derived from a vitamine
11-which of the following doesn't bind to the active site of the enzyme ;
a) the substrate
b) the competitive enzyme
c) the coenzynme
d) the allosteric molecule
e) none of the above
12-digestive enzyme belong to the class of ;
a) hydrolyases
b) ligases
c) lyases
d) transferases