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#Question id: 31208


In MSA, what is the significance of highly conserved regions?

#Section 7: Recombinant DNA technology and Other Tools in Biotechnology
  1. They indicate recent mutations
  2. They suggest functional importance
  3. They are not relevant to evolutionary studies
  4. They represent sequencing errors
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#Question id: 634

#Section 2: General Biology

An enzyme has a Vmax of 50 micromol product formed (minute x mg protein)-1 and a Km of 10 microM for the substrate. When a reaction mixture contains the enzyme and 5 microM substrate, which of the following percentages of the maximum velocity will be closest to the initial reaction rate?

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#Question id: 635

#Section 2: General Biology

The enymatic rate constant (kcat/Km) of orotidine 5ʹ-phosphate decarboxylase is 6 x 107 M-1s-1 and the nonenzymatic rate constant (kn) is 3 x 10-16 s-1.  What is the value of the enzymeʹs catalytic proficiency?

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#Question id: 636

#Section 2: General Biology

DNA polymerase contains a lysine residue that is important for binding to DNA. Mutations were found that converted this lysine to either glutamate, glycine, valine, or arginine. Which mutations would be predicted to be the most and least harmful to the ability of the enzyme to bind DNA?

Most

Least

(A)

Valine

Aspartate

(B)

Glycine

Arginine

(C)

Arginine

Glycine

(D)

Glutamate

Arginine

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#Question id: 638

#Section 2: General Biology

Match the following class of enzymes with them

EnzymeClass of enzyme
A. Hexokinase1
B. Phosphoglucoisomerase2
C. Glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate dehydrogenase3
D. Phosphoglycerate mutase4
E. Enolase5
F. Aldolase

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#Question id: 639

#Section 2: General Biology

Match the coenzymes in column I enzymes to class of enzymes in column II

EnzymeReaction Type
A. Phosphofructokinase1. Redox reaction
B. Enolase2. Phosphoryl shift
C. Phosphoglycerate mutase3. Dehydration
D. Glyceraldehyde 3 Phosphate dehydrogenase4. Phosphoryl transfer

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#Question id: 640

#Section 2: General Biology

The data in the table above were collected for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction. The Km for this enzyme is approximately