Essays Tagged: "Competitive inhibition"

An AP Biology Lab: Inhibiting the Action of Catechol Oxidase

als called inhibitors" (1). Group three pondered this lab's inhibitor, phenylthiourea (PTU).Is it a competitive inhibitor? That is an inhibitor that literally "competes" with the substrate by mimickin ... are increasing raised while the inhibitor's concentration levels are remained stable.Or is PTU a noncompetitive inhibitor? A noncompetitive inhibitor also joins with the enzyme, but it joins to a site ...

(2 pages) 141 3 3.0 Mar/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Enzyme-controlled reaction, factors that affect the chemical structure and properties of the enzyme.

the concentration of the enzyme, substrate and the product. Also, another affector is the number of competitive and non-competitive inhibitors.As I cannot explain them all, I have chosen to explain th ... yme becomes permanently damaged.Inhibitors:There are two types of inhibitors to an enzyme. They are competitive and non-competitive. The competitive type are similar in shape to that of the substrate ...

(3 pages) 95 0 3.0 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Basics Of Biochemistry

tion depends on concentration of enzyme and substrate, Coenzymes- organic cofactors, some vitamins. Competitive Inhibitors- substances that prevent an enzyme from functioning by mimicking substrate. N ...

(3 pages) 94 1 4.6 Apr/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biochemistry

Enzymes and Their Properties

rs, some vitamins. Irreversible Inhibitors- bond to active site and permanently cripple the enzyme. Competitive Inhibitors- substances that prevent an enzyme from functioning by mimicking substrate, c ... ent an enzyme from functioning by mimicking substrate, can be overcome by adding more substrate. Noncompetitive Inhibitor- substance that prevents an enzyme from functioning, attach at some other plac ...

(1 pages) 51 0 0.0 May/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Specificity and Catalytic Effectiveness of Enzymes

nzyme catalytic function. They may be organic or inorganic. Vitamins are coenzymes. Enzymes by have competitive inhibitors or noncompetitive inhibitors, which change the conformation of the enzyme, th ... oncompetitive inhibitors, which change the conformation of the enzyme, thus impeding its functions. Competitive inhibitors battle for the active site of the enzyme. (O in photosynthesis). Non-competit ...

(1 pages) 22 0 0.0 Apr/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology