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What are enzymes?

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Enzymes are biological catalysts which accelerate the rate of biochemical reactions.
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ICSE-BIOMOLECULES-TEST YOUR PROGRESS (VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS)
  1. Write the names of two essential fatty acids

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  2. Select an appropriate chemical bond among ester bond, glycosidic bond,...

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  3. What is the name given to that part of the enzyme where catalytic work...

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  4. The enzyme, which was first extracted in a crystalline form is...........

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  5. The 'induced fit theory' for enzyme action was given by..............

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  6. Who coined the term enzyme for the first time?

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  7. If you study the effect of substrate concentration on an enzymatic rea...

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  8. To which chemical group do all enzymes belong?

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  9. What was the discovery for which Sumner was awarded Nobel Prize?

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  10. What kind of reaction does each of the following group of enzymes cata...

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  11. What kind of reaction does each of the following group of enzymes cata...

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  12. What kind of reaction does each of the following enzyme catalyse? De...

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  13. What kind of reaction does each of the following group of enzymes cata...

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  14. What are enzymes?

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  15. Name an enzyme where RNA acts as a biological catalyst.

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  16. What is the turnover number of an enzyme?

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  17. Name an oxidoreductase enzyme.

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  18. Tell the EC code number of hexokinase.

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  19. How an enzyme works?

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  20. Who proposed the lock and key hypothesis to explain the mechanism of e...

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