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11 years ago
A reaction has a ΔG of +2 kcal/mol. A student adds some enzyme to speed the reaction up, but it’s still not going fast enough to suit her.
So she adds the same amount of enzyme again, so now the reaction contains twice the enzyme it contained after the first addition. What happens to the rate of the reaction and why?
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11 years ago
Quote from: bonya (11 years ago)
A reaction has a ΔG of +2 kcal/mol. A student adds some enzyme to speed the reaction up, but it's still not going fast enough to suit her.
So she adds the same amount of enzyme again, so now the reaction contains twice the enzyme it contained after the first addition. What happens to the rate of the reaction and why?

Several unknowns here, but here's what could happen:

1) Adding more enzymes will speed up the rate of reaction.
2) Not enough reactant to react with the enzyme, so the rate remains the same
3) The enzyme could be inhibited by some other remote molecule, preventing it from causing the reaction to take place.
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11 years ago
that's a hard one
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