Match the medications to their main action:

1. Thiazolidinediones	a. to control plasma glucose
2. Metformin	b. cause additional release of insulin by the pancreas
3. Sulfonylureas	c. suppress liver glucose production
4. Insulin	d. increase insulin sensitivity

#Question id: 554

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The Lineweaver-Burk plot is used to:

#Question id: 555

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The double-reciprocal transformation of the Michaelis-Menten equation, also called the Lineweaver-Burk plot, is given by To determine Km from a double-reciprocal plot, you would:

#Question id: 557

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

The number of substrate molecules converted to product in a given unit of time by a single enzyme molecule at saturation is referred to as the:

#Question id: 558

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

In a plot of l/V against 1/[S] for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction, the presence of a competitive inhibitor will alter the:

#Question id: 560

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Vmax for an enzyme-catalyzed reaction:

#Question id: 562

#Unit 1. Molecules and their Interaction Relevant to Biology

Phenyl-methane-sulfonyl-fluoride (PMSF) inactivates serine proteases by binding covalently to the catalytic serine residue at the active site; this enzyme-inhibitor bond is not cleaved by the enzyme.  This is an example of what kind of inhibition?