a certain a digestive reaction, performed at optimum temperature and pH takes 10 minutes to reach completion when performed in the absence of the associated catalyst. How many minutes would the same reaction require if an enzyme that increase the reaction rate one million times were added to the reaction mixture?
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Asn-Tyr-Asp with a pH 7.4
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To solve this problem, we need to make use of the concept of reaction rates and the effect of enzymes on them.
The rate of a chemical reaction is determined by the concentration of reactants and the presence of a catalyst. In this case, the absence of the associated catalyst results in a 10-minute reaction time.
Now, if an enzyme is added to the reaction mixture, and it increases the reaction rate by one million times, we can determine the new reaction time as follows:
1. Calculate the reaction rate in the absence of the enzyme:
Reaction time without enzyme = 10 minutes
2. Calculate the reaction rate with the enzyme:
Reaction rate with enzyme = Reaction rate without enzyme * Increase in rate due to enzyme
= Reaction rate without enzyme * 1,000,000
= 10 minutes * 1,000,000
= 10,000,000 minutes
Therefore, if an enzyme that increases the reaction rate by one million times is added to the reaction mixture, the reaction would require 10,000,000 minutes to reach completion.