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A series of enzymes catalyze the reaction X → Y → Z → A. Product A binds to the enzyme that converts X to Y at a position remote from its active site. This binding decreases the activity of the enzyme.
substance A functions as
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What do cohesion, surface tension, and adhesion have in common with reference to water?
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What determines the specificity of an enzyme for its substrate?
4.
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Which bonds must be broken for water to vaporize?
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What is one role of the element phosphorus?
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What is a role of carbohydrates in animal cells?
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Which of the following are polysaccharides?
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Which of the following best summarizes the relationship between dehydration reactions and hydrolysis?
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The mechanism in which the end product of a metabolic pathway inhibits an earlier step in the pathway is known as
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Which is not a primary function of protein molecules?
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Sucrose is a disaccharide, composed of the monosaccharides glucose and fructose. The hydrolysis of sucrose by the enzyme sucrase results in
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Blood is a water-based transport medium. Which property of water makes it a good transport medium?
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What causes water to have a relatively high boiling point?
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Which of the following statements regarding enzymes is true?
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What role does iron play in living organisms?
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Which of the following substances are organic?
I. Lipids

 II. Water

III. Carbon dioxide
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According to the induced fit model of enzyme function, which of the following statements is correct?
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Which of the following could cause denaturation of an enzyme?
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When substrate concentration increases, in a reaction catalysed by an enzyme, why does the rate ofreaction increase?
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What is an active site?
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Reactants capable of interacting to form products in a chemical reaction must first overcome an energy barrier known as the reaction's
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Which molecule is a monosaccharide?
23.
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Which of the following is an organic compound found in both plant and animal cells?
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Which of the following features are correct for hydrogen bonding?
I. It is involved in the cohesion of water.
II. It results in the thermal properties of water.
III. It is a bond within the water molecule.
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Which of the following is true of both starch and cellulose?
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Which of the following could be a function of a membrane protein?
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Organic chemistry is a science based on the study of
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Carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen and sulphur are elements found in living cells. Which is the least common?