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Chapter 6, Problem 16TYK
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The experimental design to elucidate the fact whether malonate is a competitive or noncompetitive inhibitor of succinate dehydrogenase enzyme.
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Succinate dehydrogenase (SDH) is the only inner mitochondrial membrane bound enzyme of the citric acid cycle, which play an important role in the breaking down of sugars, fatty acids and amino acids into carbon dioxide and water. This enzyme contains iron-surfur centers as electron acceptors and FAD as a prosthetic group. The enzymes can be activated or inhibited by different mechanisms. Competitive inhibitors are considered as the structural analogues of the substrates that bind to the active site in place of substrate.
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Biology: The Dynamic Science (MindTap Course List)
Ch. 6.1 - Prob. 1SBCh. 6.1 - In thermodynamics, what is meant by an isolated...Ch. 6.2 - Prob. 1SBCh. 6.2 - Prob. 2SBCh. 6.2 - Distinguish between exergonic and endergonic...Ch. 6.3 - Prob. 1SBCh. 6.3 - How are coupled reactions important to cell...Ch. 6.4 - How do enzymes increase the rates of the reaction...Ch. 6.4 - Can enzymes alter the G of a reaction?Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 1SB
Ch. 6.5 - What is the difference between competitive and...Ch. 6.5 - Prob. 3SBCh. 6.6 - Prob. 1SBCh. 6 - The capacity to do work best defines: a metabolic...Ch. 6 - The assembly of proteins from amino acids is best...Ch. 6 - When two glucose molecules react to form maltose:...Ch. 6 - When glucose reacts with ATP to form...Ch. 6 - In the following graph: A represents the product....Ch. 6 - Which of the following methods is not used by...Ch. 6 - In an enzymatic reaction: a. the enzyme leaves the...Ch. 6 - Which of the following statements about the...Ch. 6 - Which of the following statements about inhibition...Ch. 6 - Which of the following statements is incorrect? a....Ch. 6 - Prob. 11TYKCh. 6 - Discuss Concepts Trace the flow of energy through...Ch. 6 - Prob. 13TYKCh. 6 - Prob. 14TYKCh. 6 - Prob. 15TYKCh. 6 - Prob. 16TYKCh. 6 - Prob. 17TYKCh. 6 - Prob. 1ITDCh. 6 - Prob. 2ITDCh. 6 - Prob. 3ITD
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