I feel the same way in reverse. I find physical chemistry and entropy to be almost inexhaustibly interesting, but they are a distraction the same way genetics or epigenetics would be a distraction to you. We all have a limited amount of time to learn and get stuff done, and unfortunately that...
Also, let me know if you start that thread, because I am extremely interested in mutations and genetic expression. I've read some stuff on biased gene conversion and its contribution to non-adaptive mutation until I got to the point I realized I needed to know a hell of a lot more than I did to...
I don't think he's being a jerk. I think it's an undergraduate class and it is unusual for students to think this critically about statements the professor makes. The whole class murmured and agreed when he said he had told us the answer in class, as though that should be proof enough.
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This is very good advice. I tried this. I sent him an email where I repeated the statement from the quiz. I said our textbook says enzymes do not supply energy to chemical reactions and allowing it seems to conflict with what I've been taught about catalysts. I said I did not want to argue...
As far as it being vague, yes. I've read the comments here. I talked to another professor, as well as read the articles on Tom Bruice's site extensively. What both seem to indicate is there is no clear picture of energy exchange in enzymatic catalysis. In fact even the induced fit model...
It's a molecular biology class. My problem is, I can't find a reference that explicitly says enzymes *don't* contribute kinetic energy, or don't contribute any kind of energy that doesn't affect the thermodynamics of the reaction (which is another issue with me, how can you contribute energy...
Everything I read says enzymes are organic catalysts and do not supply energy for chemical reactions. My understanding is they speed up reactions by providing alternate pathways that have a lower activation energy.
A quiz I took asked "What type of energy do enzymes contribute to chemical...