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Enzymes:

A are composed mostly of protein domains
B have greater affinity for their substrates
C can initiate biochemical cascade reactions

Pick the one you KNOW is right, DON'T paste me paragraphs of text! I'd like a couple of lines explaining why you chose it.

2007-04-05 22:47:44 · 3 answers · asked by Matt 2 in Science & Mathematics Chemistry

3 answers

I vote for B

2007-04-05 23:49:28 · answer #1 · answered by Raven 3 · 0 1

B - Definitely true - enzymes are very specific to their substrate. The "lock and key" model.

C - Definitely true - enzymes catalyze a particular reaction which can then trigger a cascade of other related reactions.

Which leaves A. By process of elimination I would say A has to be false, but actually, while some enzymes are fairly short proteins, other are being discovered which are much larger, multi-domain structures. (Davidson et al.)

I believe all three statements are true!

Edit - I found the following paper describing an enzyme catalyzed cascade reaction. Glueck, et al.

2007-04-05 23:58:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

I know for a fact that A & B are correct.... so I'm voting for C

2007-04-06 00:35:09 · answer #3 · answered by swaps_81 4 · 0 0

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