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| What are proteins that are capable of catalyzing a specific chemical reaction? |
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| Summer in 1926 isolated the first enzyme from the jack bean and received a noble prize. What enzyme was it? |
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| All enzymes are proteins, they are specific in there actions, they increase the chemical reaction, most enzyme names end in ASE, they can act alone, and enzymes are sensitive to what 2 things? |
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| What are enzymes with a cofactor? |
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| What are enzymes without a cofactor? |
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| What is a physiological, orgainc, chemical substance, synthesized and secreted by specific ductless glads from which it is directly transported to blood or lymph system and carried to another part of the body where they modify the actions of specific target tissue and organs? |
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| Homeostasis, respond to emergency demands, integration of growth, and regulation of sexual reproduction are all functions of what? |
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| Hormones have what 3 categories? |
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| Polypeptides, Steroids, and Phenolic amines |
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| What hormone category yields amino acids and is synthesized in the brain, pancreas, thyroid, gut, and reproductive system and can not be taken orally ? |
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| What hormone category originates from cholesterol and is synthesized in adernal cortex, embryonic membranes, and the reproductive system and can be taken orally? |
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| What hormone category is synthesized in the thyroid, adrenal medulla, and pineal |
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| Mechanisms of hormone action works through what? |
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| Receptor sites at the cell |
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| What are the 3 different locations of hormone action? |
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| Cell membrane (protein), Cytoplasm (steroid)(most), Nuclear membrane (phenolic) |
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| What are large protein macromolecules with high specificity and affinity? |
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| What are the 2 parts of a receptor? |
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| Recognition site and Activation site |
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