FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

1. Define catalysis.

 

2. What is turnover number?

 

3. What are enzymes?

 

4. Define steady state approximation.

 

5. Illustrate the lowering of Gibbs free energy of activation of  a reaction by a catalyst.

 

6. What are the characteristics of a catalyst?

 

7. Discuss pH dependence of rate constants of catalyzed reactions.

catalysis by s. shailaja