Manipal Medical Manipal Medical Solved Paper-2015

  • question_answer
    With reference to enzymes, turnover number means......

    A) the number of substrate molecules that a molecule of an enzyme converts into products per hour           

    B) the number of substrate molecules that a  molecule of an enzyme converts into products per second

    C) the number of substrate molecules that a molecule of an enzyme convert into products per minute

    D) the number of substrate molecules that a molecule of an enzyme converts into products per day

    Correct Answer: C

    Solution :

    Turnover number means the number of substrate molecules that a molecule of an enzyme converts into products per minute. It is denoted by kcal \[Kcal=\frac{{{V}_{\max }}}{({{E}_{T}})}\] \[\begin{align}   & Kcal=\frac{{{V}_{\max }}}{({{E}_{T}})}\to \,Velocity\,\,\max imum\, \\  & \to Total\,\,lenzyme\,\,concentration \\ \end{align}\]


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