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Biochemistry Study Guide: Thermodynamics, Metabolism, and Enzyme Function

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Enzymes

Enzyme-Substrate Complex

Lock and Key Vs. Induced Fit Models

Activation Energy

Types of Enzymes

Cofactor

Catalysis

Electrostatic and Metal Ion Catalysis

Covalent Catalysis

Reaction Rate

Enzyme Kinetics

Rate Constants and Rate Law

Reaction Orders

Rate Constant Units

Initial Velocity

Vmax Enzyme

Km Enzyme

Steady-State Conditions

Michaelis-Menten Assumptions

Michaelis-Menten Equation

Lineweaver-Burk Plot

Michaelis-Menten vs. Lineweaver-Burk Plots

Shifting Lineweaver-Burk Plots

Calculating Vmax

Calculating Km

Enzyme Inhibition

Irreversible Inhibition

Reversible Inhibition

Inhibition Constant

Degree of Inhibition

Apparent Km and Vmax

Inhibition Effects on Reaction Rate

Competitive Inhibition

Uncompetitive Inhibition

Mixed Inhibition

Noncompetitive Inhibition

Recap of Reversible Inhibition

Allosteric Regulation

Allosteric Kinetics

Allosteric Enzyme Conformations

Allosteric Effectors

Concerted (MWC) Model

Sequential (KNF) Model