Chapter 6

The capacity to do work best defines: a. a metabolic pathway. b. entropy. c. kinetic or potential energy. d. a chemical equilibrium. e. thermodynamics.

The assembly of proteins from amino acids is best described as: a. a conversion of kinetic energy to potential energy reaction. b. an entropy reaction. c. a catabolic reaction. d. an anabolic reaction. e. an energy-free reaction.

Which of the following methods is not used by enzymes to increase the rate of reactions? a. covalent bonding with the substrate at their active site b. bringing reacting molecules into close proximity c. orienting reactants into positions to favor transition states d. changing charges on reactants to hasten their reactivity e. increasing fit of enzyme and substrate that reduces the energy of activation