The Transition State of an Enzyme and Substrate Reaction

question 6

Multiple Choice

The transition state of an enzyme and substrate reaction

• A)must always bind the enzyme active site with lower energy than the products.
• B)is stabilized by enhancing the reverse reaction of E + S→ES.
• C)is composed of true covalent bonds which decrease its energy.
• D)is stabilized due to the specificity of the active site for the substrate.
• E)is stabilized by decreasing the effective concentration.

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Definitions:

Z-Scores

Standardized scores that indicate the number of standard deviations an element is from the mean of its distribution.

Standard Deviations

A measure that quantifies the amount of dispersion or variation of a set of data values from the mean.

Z-Scores

Standardized scores that indicate how many standard deviations an element is from the mean of its data set.

Standard Deviations

A measure of the amount of variation or dispersion of a set of values, indicating how much the values in the set depart from the mean.