Answer:
Adding more substrate would overcome the effect of the compound
Explanation:
- Enzymes are biochemical catalysts that speed up chemical reactions. They act on specific substrate to convert them to products.
- Compounds known as inhibitors slow down the rate of enzyme activity.
- Inhibitors are classified as competitive and non-competitive inhibitors.
- Competitive inhibitors will compete with the substrate to bind the active sites on the enzyme. The effect of competitive inhibitors may be reduced by increasing the concentration of the substrate.
- The compound added by the biologist was a competitive inhibitor and therefore adding more substrate would overcome its effect on enzyme catalysis
- Non-competitive inhibitors binds the active site of the enzyme permanently and prevents the substrate from accessing the active sites.
Like charges repel each other; unlike charges attract. Thus, two negative charges repel one another, while a positive charge attracts a negative charge. The attraction or repulsion acts along the line between the two charges. The size of the force varies inversely as the square of the distance between the two charges.
The system is isothermal, so we use the formula:
(delta)G = (delta)H - T (delta) S
Plugging in the given values:
(delta)G = -220 kJ/ mol - (1000K) (-0.05 kJ/mol K)
(delta)G = -170 kJ/mol
If we take a basis of 1 mol, the answer is
D. -170 kJ
