Consider four small molecules, a–d, which have the following binding affinities for a specific enzyme (these numbers are the equilibrium constants kd for the dissociation of the enzyme/molecule complex). which binds most tightly to the enzyme? which binds least tightly?

a) 4.5 μm

b) 13 nm

c) 8.2 pm

d) 6.9 mm

Binding affinity measures the strength of the interaction between a molecule to its ligand; it is expressed in terms of the equilibrium dissociation constant; and the higher value of this constant, the more weaker the binding between the molecule and the ligand is. On the other hand, small constans means that the interaction is tight. So "C" binds most tightly to the enzyme and "D" binds least tightly.

number of molecules / avogadro's number * molecule molecular = mass

explanation:

we define a gram-molecular weight as the mass of one mole of any element or compound. a mole contains avogadro's number of units (molecules) –  

6.022

x

10

23

. so, dividing the number of molecules by avogadro's number gives us the number of moles. multiplying that by the molecular weight gives us the mass. from the periodic table we find the gram-molecular weight of u to be238 and of f to be19. so,  

u

f

6

will have a gram-molecular weight of 352g.