All of the Following Statements About Allosteric Enzymes Are Correct

question 66

Multiple Choice

All of the following statements about allosteric enzymes are correct EXCEPT which one?

• A) They are often involved in major mechanisms of metabolic control.
• B) They are generally oligomeric proteins.
• C) They do not follow typical Michaelis-Menten kinetics.
• D) Some of them contain two kinds of polypeptide chains - one kind binding substrate: the other binding an inhibitor.
• E) Positive allosteric effectors are frequently products of a reaction sequence for which an allosteric enzyme is the catalyst of the first committed reaction.

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