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
A.
Aspergillus flavus
Aspergillus flavus is the fungi which grows on plants such as peanut plant. It is used in the production of the antibiotic Flavicin. It is also used to produce the carcinogenic substance Aflatoxin.
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