biochemical reactions. enzymes -tertiary and quaternary proteins with complex conformations -contain...
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BIOCHEMIC
AL REACTI
ONS
ENZYMES
- Tertiary and quaternary proteins with complex conformations
- Contain specific active site(s) that substrates are attracted to - Shape and function of an active site is determined by the primary
structure of the protein
- Enzymes have specific conditions in which they work bestEx: Temperature and pH
ENZYMES
SUBSTRATE: the reactant that an enzyme acts on when catalyzing a chemical reaction
ENZYMES
ENZYMES BIND WITH A SUBSTRATE
ENZYME-SUBSTRATE COMPLEX: the combined structure of an enzyme with a substrate that is bound to the enzyme’s active site
- Enzymes can adjust their shapes to accommodate substrates (Induced Fit)
- Intermolecular bonds form between the enzyme and substrate as the shape is adjusted
ENZYMES BIND WITH A SUBSTRATE
COENZYMES: organic molecules that assist an enzyme
COFACTORS: metal ions (Ex: iron or zinc) which are required by some coenzymes
ENZYMES BIND WITH A SUBSTRATE
Enzymes can prepare substrates for reaction
- Active sites have amino acid R groups that cause substrate bonds to stretch or bend allowing them to break easily
- Active sites bring two substrates together in the correct position
- Active sites transfer electrons to or from the substrate which destabilizes it
- Active sites add or remove H+ to or from the substrate
*** Each of these actions lower the activation energy of the reaction ***
ENZYMES CATALYZE BIOLOGICAL REACTIONSBIOLOGICAL CATALYST: special proteins that lower the activation
energy required for a chemical reaction to proceed
- Not consumed in the reaction (Ex. Reuseable)
- Does not change the free energy change of a reaction
- It can only lower the amount of potential energy of the transition state
- The rate of reaction (amount of effective collisions) is increased in the forward and reverse directions
- Equilibrium is reached more rapidly
ENZYMES
Exergonic Reaction: Energy is released
ENZYMES
Endergonic Reaction: Energy is absorbed
ENZYME CLASSIFICATION
Enzymes are classified according to the type of reaction they catalyze (since enzymes are specific in the reactions they catalyze)
First part of substrate name + “-ase”
Ex: Hydrolase cleaves glycosidic linkages in lactose
ENZYME CONTROL (INHIBITION)
Two types of inhibition exist:
1. Competitive Inhibition
2. Non-competitive Inhibition (Allosteric Inhibition)
ENZYME CONTROL (INHIBITION)
1. COMPETITIVE INHIBITION
A substance that is not the substrate but is able to fit in the active site blocks the normal substrate from binding
ENZYME CONTROL (INHIBITION)
2. NONCOMPETITIVE INHIBITION
A substance that binds an enzyme and changes its shape so that the active site no longer accepts the substrate
ALLOSTERIC INHIBITION/REGULATION
Some enzymes have receptor sites known as allosteric sites
An ACTIVATOR can bind the allosteric site and maintain the enzyme’s activity by stabilizing the enzyme in its active form
An INHIBITOR may bind the allosteric site and inactivate the enzyme by stabilizing the inactive form
ENZYME CONTROL (INHIBITION)
ENZYME CONTROL (INHIBITION)
Ex: Feedback Inhibition
A product of a metabolic pathway allosterically
Inhibits an enzyme earlier in the pathway and,
Therefore, the production of the product