Enzymes are catalysts because they function to:
A. supply the reactants
B. supply activation energy
C. raise activation energy
D. lower activation energy
Answer: D
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a. milk products b. gluten c. nuts d. shellfish e. berries
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A. calcium ions B. creatine phosphate C. acetylcholine D. sodium ions E. ATP
A eukaryotic transcription unit that is 8,000 nucleotides long may use 1,200 nucleotides to make a protein consisting of approximately 400 amino acids. This is best explained by the fact that
A. many nucleotides are needed to code for each amino acid. B. there are termination exons near the beginning of mRNA. C. many noncoding stretches of nucleotides are present in eukaryotic DNA. D. there is redundancy and ambiguity in the genetic code. E. nucleotides break off and are lost during the transcription process.