試題詳解

4. Both water and glucose share an -OH that can serve as a substrate for a reaction with the terminal phosphate of ATP catalyzed by hexokinase. Glucose, however, is about a million times more reactive as a substrate than water. The best explanation is that:
(A) Glucose has more -OH groups per molecule than does water.
(B) The larger glucose binds better to the enzyme; it induces a conformational change in hexokinase that brings active-site amino acids into position for catalysis.
(C) The -OH group of water is attached to an inhibitory H atom, while the glucose -OH group is attached to С.
(D) Water and the second substrate, ATP, compete for the active site resulting in a competitive inhibition of the enzyme.
(E) Water normally will not reach the active site because it is hydrophobic.