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Catalytic

Relating to or effecting catalysis.


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Enzymes Help

Enzymes are biological catalysts. a. Relate the chemical structure of an enzyme to its specificity and catalytic activity. b. Design a quantitative experiment to investigate the influence of pH or temperature on the activity of an enzyme. c. Describe what information concerning ...

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by needshelponstuff
Sun Aug 30, 2009 8:28 am
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Enzymes Help
Replies: 1
Views: 73

Glycine rich loops

... to open up to phosphorylate proteins..important protein thus remains more or less the same sequence in many species..glycine rich loop imp. in catalytic site Any other info much appreciated cheers, b_06er

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by biology_06er
Mon Jun 15, 2009 4:33 am
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Glycine rich loops
Replies: 0
Views: 87

Re: Conservative region of a gene

... could undergo some random drift in amino acid residues -- some changes would be harmful, but others wouldn't matter. The functional areas, such as catalytic sites, must retain particular amino acid configurations or the protein will lose or alter a function. If the proteins is doing something that ...

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by jonmoulton
Mon May 04, 2009 3:06 pm
 
Forum: Genetics
Topic: Conservative region of a gene
Replies: 2
Views: 583

Hydrogen Peroxide

As far as I know, amine oxidases release H2O2 as a side product of their catalytic activity. In humans, these are MAO, PAO, DAO, SSAO/VAP-1, and the LOX family of enzymes. I have some questions too: Are there any other enzymes producing H2O2 in humans? Could ...

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by kk
Fri Mar 20, 2009 12:19 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: Hydrogen Peroxide
Replies: 3
Views: 873

Re: A biochemical question

... of both substrate and product. To say that the enzyme is saturated is to say that there are more substrate molecules around than there are catalytic sites for them to bind to. At or above saturation levels of substrate, the reaction is no longer sensitive to further increases in substrate ...

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by blcr11
Wed Dec 24, 2008 2:43 pm
 
Forum: Molecular Biology
Topic: A biochemical question
Replies: 8
Views: 798
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