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enzymes
Question | Answer |
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enzymes | substances that cause chemical reaction to occur faster |
how do enzymes work | by decreasing the ammount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction |
enzymes are a type of?? | catalyst |
what would happen without enzymes catalyzing metabolic reactions? | cells would not be able to perform metabolism quickly enough to support life |
what do ribosomes produce? | specific enzymes to act on specific substace |
why are enzymes important | for the synthesis of new molecules |
what determines the shape of an enzyme | how it works |
an enzymes shape is key to?? | how the enzyme functions |
what affects the shape of an enzymes active sites | pH and temperatue |
enzymes are only able to work properly in a certain? | temperature and pH range |
without enzymes catalyzing metabolic reactions.. | cells would not be able to perform metabolism quickly enough to support life. |
what is a catalase's substrate? | hydrogen peroxide |
What are enzymes | Proteins |
Are enzymes reusable? | Yes |
Enzymes are apart of which model? | Lock-n-key |
What do you add to an enzyme to get the enzyme-substrate complex? | A substrate |
What is an enzyme plus a substrate? | Enzyme-substrate complex |
What does the shape of the enzyme determine? | What the enzyme will act on |
What is a catalyst | Adjective that describes behavior |
What do enzymes do? | Speed up chemical reactions |
What can happen to an enzyme? | It can be denatured |
How is an enzyme denatured? | The active site is changed. |
What Is the suffix for an enzyme? | Ase |
What type of organic molecule are enzymes? | Proteins |