The rate of a certain biochemical reaction at physiological temperature (T) occurs times faster with enzyme than without. The change in the activation energy upon adding enzyme is :
- (A)-6 (2.303)RT✓ Correct
- (B)+6 RT
- (C)
- 6RT
- (D)
Answer: (A)
Solution
By the Arrhenius equation the uncatalysed rate is and the catalysed rate, a million times larger, is . Dividing one by the other, , and taking logarithms, . Since , the change in activation energy is .
JEE Main · 2020 · 08 Jan 2020 · Shift 1 · Single correct option