MCAT Bio: Enzymes

Enzymes

Enzyme Specificity

Enzyme prefix

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Lock and Key Theory

Induced Fit Theory

Cofactors

Coenzymes

Prosthetic groups

Optimal Enzyme T and pH in body

pepsin pH

pancreatic enzymes pH

apoenzyme

holoenzyme

Enzyme Kinetics

How to determine which is a better enzyme?

substrate concentration and rate

high enzyme to subrate ratio

Vmax

Km

[S] less than Km

[S] more than Km

Until optimum T is reached, enzyme-catalyzed rxns tend to double in rate for every increase in ____________.

Allosteric Enzymes

Allosteric Site

Feedback Inhibition

Reversible Inhibition

Competitive Inhibition

Noncompetitive Inhibition

Irreversible Inhibition

Zymogen