Multiple choice

Which of the following are examples of copper containing enzymes?

  1. Carbonic anhydrases
  2. Urease
  3. Catechol dioxygenase
  4. Galactose oxidase

  1. Only 1

  2. 2 and 3

  3. Only 3

  4. 3 and 4

  5. Only 4
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E Correct answer
Explanation

This option is correct because galactose oxidase is a monomeric enzyme that contains a single copper ion and catalyses the stereospecific oxidation of primary alcohols to their corresponding aldehydes.

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