The “Turnover Number” Refers to The

Question

The “turnover number” refers to the
A) Number of completed reactions per second
B) Rate of replacem ent of a protein
C) Rate of replacement of cell nuclei
D) Number of contractions per second
E) Rate of oxygen consumption

Accepted Answer

The "turnover number" refers to the number of substrate molecules that an enzyme can convert into product per unit time, essentially indicating the number of completed reactions per enzyme molecule per second.