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Enzyme Types

Lyases

Which of the following types of enzymes is most likely to require only one substrate when cleaving bonds and can form rings?

Hydrolases

Which of the following types of enzymes is most likely to cleave bonds by adding water?

Transferases

Which of the following types of enzymes most likely catalyzes the movement of an entire chemical group from one compound to another?

Isomerases

Which of the following types of enzymes is best known for structural rearrangement of molecular compounds while maintaining the same chemical formula?

Oxidoreductases

Which of the following types of enzymes is responsible for the transfer of electrons between molecules?

Ligases

Which of the following types of enzymes catalyzes the joining of two larger molecules?

Characteristics

Competitive Inhibition

Reversible Inhibition

Competitive inhibition is classified as which of the following types of inhibition?

Constant Vmax

What is the nature of Vmax during competitive inhibition?

Substrate Competes With Inhibitor For The Active Site

Which of the following is most likely associated with competitive inhibition?

Inhibition Increases Km

What is the nature of Km during competitive inhibition?

Non-Competitive Inhibition

Non-competitive inhibition is classified as which of the following types of inhibition?

Substrate Freely Binds The Active Site

Which of the following is most likely associated with non-competitive inhibition?

Inhibitor Strongly Binds Allosteric Site

In non-competitive inhibition, where does the inhibitor bind?

Km Constant

What is the nature of Km during non-competitive inhibition?

Enzyme Has Different Conformational Form

In non-competitive inhibition, what is most likely to happen to the enzyme after the inhibitor binds to it?

Low Vmax

What is the nature of Vmax during non-competitive inhibition?

Enzymes

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