MCQ’S ON ALLOSTRIC ENZYMES
1. The control and regulation of biological processes involve some enzymes. They are known as
(a) inhibitors
(b) regulators
(c) allosteric enzymes
(d) activators
Answer: (c)
2. What are the non-substrate molecules binding to the allosteric sites called?
(a) allosteric substrate
(b) reactants
(c) allosteric modulators
(d) inhibitors
Answer: (c)
3. Allosteric enzymes are
(a) smaller than simple enzymes
(b) larger than simple enzymes
(c) smaller than simple enzymes but not complex
(d) larger and more complex than simple enzyme
Answer: (d)
4. Allosteric enzymes consist of several
(a) polypeptide chains
(b) inhibitors
(c) temperature ranges
(d) active sites
Answer: (a)
5. Allosteric enzymes possess
(a) Three types of allosteric sites
(b) Active site and three types of allosteric sites
(c) Active site and two types of allosteric sites
(d) Active site and an allosteric site
Answer: (d)
6. Enzymes that are involved in the feedback inhibition are known as
(a) Apoenzymes
(b) Holoenzymes
(c) Allosteric enzymes
(d) Coenzymes
Answer: (c)
7. Blocking of enzyme action by blocking its active sites is
(a) feedback inhibition
(b) allosteric inhibition
(c) competitive inhibition
(d) non-competitive inhibition
Answer: (c)
8. The “Lock and key” theory of enzyme action was put forward by
(a) Koshland
(b) Fischer
(c) Kuhne
(d) Arrhenius
Answer: (b)
9. The fastest enzyme is
(a) carbonic anhydrase
(b) pepsin
(c) DNA polymerase
(d) DNA gyrase
Answer: (a)
10. The allosteric enzymes on the top of active sites contain
(a) substrate
(b) inhibitors
(c) polypeptide chains
(d) allosteric site
Answer: (d)
