Question

Which of the following is not true for synzymes?

(a) They are referred to as artificial enzymes

(b) They possess two structural entities which are a substrate binding site and a catalytically effective site

(c) They do not obey the Miachelis-Menten kinetics

(d) Producing catalytic site is difficult

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Answer 1

Right option is (c) They do not obey the Miachelis-Menten kinetics

For explanation I would say: The statement which is not true for synzymes is “they do not obey Miachelis-Menten kinetics.” The statement which is true for synzymes are as follows:

• They are referred to as artificial enzymes.

• They possess two structural entities which are a substrate binding site and a catalytically effective site.

• In this case, producing the catalytic site is difficult.

• In this case, producing facility for substrate binding is relatively straightforward.