Reference no: EM133418204

1. Define metabolism.

2. Explain how the first and second laws of thermodynamics relate to the harvest and use of energy by living organisms.

3. Compare the relative amounts of energy present in reactants compared to the products for exergonic and endergonic reactions.

4. Classify a reaction as exergonic or endergonic based on the change in free energy that occurs.

5. Explain the differences between anabolic and catabolic pathways. Enzymes (Chapter 6)

1. List the three characteristics of a catalyst.

2. Define activation energy and transition state and explain the relationship between them.

3. Explain what an enzyme is.

4. Define enzyme activity.

5. Describe relationships among the substrate, the active site of an enzyme, conformational change, and induced fit.

6. Explain how primary, secondary, and tertiary protein structural levels contribute to the conformation of an enzyme.

7. Predict the effect a change in one or more amino acids in the active site of an enzyme on the activity of an enzyme.

8. Define denaturation as it applies to enzymes.

9. Explain how changes in environmental factors such as temperature, pH, and salt concentration can alter enzyme activity.

10. List the ways enzyme activity may be regulated in a cell.

11. Compare and contrast the mechanisms of competitive and non-competitive inhibitors of enzyme activity.

12. Describe allosteric regulation of enzyme activity.

13. Explain how feedback inhibition helps a cell conserve its resources.

14. Predict how the inhibition of one enzyme in a metabolic pathway would affect the activity of other enzymes in the pathway