Practice General Acid-base Catalysis (5.4.2.3) - Enzymes – The Catalysts of Life
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General Acid-Base Catalysis

Practice - General Acid-Base Catalysis

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What is general acid-base catalysis?

💡 Hint: Think about how protons contribute to stabilization.

Question 2 Easy

Name an amino acid that participates in general acid-base catalysis.

💡 Hint: Consider amino acids that can easily gain or lose protons.

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Question 1

What is the role of histidine in acid-base catalysis?

It stabilizes products
It donates or accepts protons
It increases substrate concentration

💡 Hint: Remember histidine's unique properties in terms of its charge.

Question 2

True or False: General acid-base catalysis can lower activation energy.

True
False

💡 Hint: Consider how the reaction rate is impacted.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Propose a type of experiment to identify the effect of acid-base catalysis on reaction rates using chymotrypsin.

💡 Hint: Consider the role of pH in proton availability.

Challenge 2 Hard

Discuss the implications of altered proton transfers on enzyme efficiency in metabolic pathways.

💡 Hint: Focus on types of enzymatic reactions reliant on proton transfers.

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