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Why does Maltase only catalyse Maltose?

Enzymes are proteins with specific tertiary structures. Part of this structure forms an active site. Only the substrate of an enzyme, in this case Maltose, fits/ binds to the active site. This forms an en...

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Answered by Georgia S. Biology tutor
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What does 'Novus Actus Intervenien' mean in causation?How does it apply?

'Novus Actus Intervenien' (NAI) essentially means an intervening act. This applies after you have gone through the stages required for Factual causation and Legal causation. You will know that a NAI appli...

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Answered by Jessica D. Law tutor
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What is semi-conservative replication?

During DNA replication, the two DNA strands separate and each acts as a template (due to base pairing) for DNA polymerase to use to make the second strand of DNA. As a result, each new DNA molecule has on...

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Answered by Xanthe W. Biology tutor
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A computer stores floating point numbers of size 1 byte, with 3 bits for the mantissa and 5 bits for the exponent. State what the effects would be on the stored numbers if instead 5 bits were used for the mantissa and 3 bits were used for the exponent.

By increasing the size of the mantissa, the accuracy of the stored numbers would increase. Decreasing the size of the exponent, however, would reduce the range of numbers that could be stored. The overall...

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What are some reasons for voting trends?

There are many reasons why people vote the way they do. A typical example is people voting a particular way because their parents vote a certain way and so people grow up in this environment and so just v...

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Answered by Ben M. Politics tutor
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