The Following Is a Description of an Enzyme Called Superoxide

question 29

Multiple Choice

The following is a description of an enzyme called superoxide dismutase.Refer to this paragraph to answer the following question. Superoxide dismutase is an enzyme that detoxifies a free radical called superoxide.This radical is responsible for causing injury during reperfusion after a heart attack, and is also thought to play a role in Parkinson's Disease.^a Depending on what organism the protein is found in, it occurs either as a dimer or tetramer of identical subunits.^b The subunits are mostly α-helical with some β-sheet near the C-terminus.^c A metal binding site for manganese, iron, nickel or copper/zinc is composed of residues from both the N-terminus and the C-terminus.^d These residues are: His-26, His-81, Asp-167, His-171.^e
Which statement refers to secondary structure?

• A) statement a
• B) statement b
• C) statement c
• D) statement d
• E) statement e

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