An example of competitive inhibition of an enzyme is the inhibition of:
succinic dehydrogenase by malonic acid
cytochrome oxidase by cyanide
hexokinase by glucose-6-phosphate
carbonic anhydrase by carbon dioxide
Antibiotic flavicin is obtained from
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus clavatum
Streptomyces grieseus
Streptomyces fradiae
Lipids are insoluble molecules are :
neutral
Zwitter ions
hydrophobic
hydrophilic
A.
neutral
Lipid is a term used to describe a group of substances in cell, characterized by their solubility in organic solvents such as ether and benzene. These are insoluble in water, because they contain hydrophobic fatty acid chain.
Carbohydrates, ingested in the diet, are hydrolyzed by the enzyme :
pepsin
cellulose
- amylase
glycosidase
Quaternary structure of protein
consists of four subunits
may be either or
is unrelated to two functions of the protein
is dictated by the primary structures of the individual subunits