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6.7: Enzyme Solutions

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    Exercise 6.1.1:

    1. isomerase v) reorganize atoms from one isomer into another
    2. hydrolase vii) add water into a molecule, helping to break it down
    3. oxygenase i) add oxygen from O2 into a molecule
    4. dioxygenase ii) add both oxygens from O2 into a molecule
    5. reductase iv) reduce or add electrons to the substrate
    6. transferase ix) transfer a functional group to or from a molecule
    7. phosphatase vi) cleave a phosphate group off a protein
    8. oxidase iii) oxidize or remove electrons from the substrate

    i) ligase viii) cause two molecules to be bound together

    Exercise 6.2.1:

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    Exercise 6.2.2:

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    Exercise 6.2.3:

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    Exercise 6.3.1:

    Aspartic acid (abbreviations Asp or D) and glutamic acid (abbreviations Glu or E).

    Exercise 6.3.2:

    Histidine (abbreviations His or H), lysine (abbreviations Lys or K) and arginine (abbreviations Arg or R).

    Exercise 6.3.3:

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    Exercise 6.3.4:

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    Exercise 6.4.1:

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    Exercise 6.4.2:

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    Exercise 6.6.1:

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    Exercise 6.6.2:

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    Exercise 6.6.3:

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    Exercise 6.6.4:

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    Exercise 6.6.5:

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