Metals in Biology

Week 8 Assignment 8 solution

1) What would be the reactivity preference in sp3 aliphatic substrate containing

primary, secondary and tertiary C-H bonds?
A) 1° > 2° > 3°
B) 3° > 2° > 1°
C) 2° > 1° > 3°
D) 3° > 1° > 2°

2) Name the enzyme in following conversion.

A) Cytochrome P450
B) Hemocyanin
C) Peptidylglycinealpha-Hydroxylating Monooxygenase (PHM)
D) Dopamine-beta-Monooxygenase

3) Cytochrome C Oxidase is a non-heme copper oxidase enzyme used to convert

methane to methanol. True or False.
A) True
B) False

4) How many copper centers and histidine units are present on Hemocyanin?
A) 2 copper centers with 4 histidine on each of them.
B) 2 copper centers with 3 histidine on each of them.
C) 3 copper centers with 3 histidine on each of them.
D) copper centers with 2 histidine on each of them

5) How many histidine units are present in deoxyhemerythrin?

A) 4
B) 5
C) 3
D) 6
6) Color of Deoxy-Hemocyanin is……………..
A) Blue
B) Colorless
C) Red
D) Purple
7) Name the enzyme in the following conversion.

A) Methanemonooxygenase
B) Hydroxylase
C) Dopamine-beta-monooxygenase (DM)
D) Cytochrome P450

8) O2 + Xe- + 8H+in 2H2O + 4H+out

What is value of X in this reaction of cytochrome-c-oxidase
A) 6
B) 4
C) 8
D) 2