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BIO 101
LECTURES
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WHAT IS PHYSIOLOGY?
▪ Photosynthesis
Nature of ENZYMES
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COFACTORS
▪ Catalyse hydrolysis
reactions.
▪ The breakdown of large
molecules by addition of
▪ EC 3 HYDROLASES water molecules.
▪ Examples esterases,
glycosidases,
proteases, lipases.
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CLASSES OF ENZYMES
CLASSES OF ENZYMES
▪ Catalyse Isomerization
changes within a single
molecule
CLASSES OF ENZYMES
▪ Catalyse formation of
covalent bonds between two
molecules.
▪ energy of catalysis is
▪ EC 6 LIGASES OR obtained from the cleavage or
SYNTHETASES breakdown of a nucleoside
triphosphate (ATP, GTP).
ENZYME CODE
ENZYME CODE
▪ EC = Enzyme Commission
▪ 2 = Enzyme major class
(Transferase)
▪ 7 = Enzyme subclass (a
Phosphotransferase)
EC 2711
▪ 1 = Phosphotransferase with
a hydroxyl group as acceptor
▪ 1 = D-glucose as phosphoryl
group acceptor
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PROPERTIES OF ENZYMES
▪ Has an optimum pH of 6 to 7.
▪ Has three parts: the duodenum, the jejenum, and the ileum.