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Enzymes

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What are enzymes? Substances that cause chemical reactions to occur faster
How do enzymes work? Decreasing the amount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction
Enzymes are a type of what? Catalyst
Ribosomes produce specific enzymes to act on specific substances called what? Substrates
What is an active site? Pockets that are in a enzyme
What is the key to how an enzyme functions? It's shape
Most enzymes are what? Proteins
Enzymes are produced by a cell's what? Ribosomes
Enzymes are important how? For the synthesis of new molecules
How many folds do a enzyme have on its surface? One or more
Changes in what can affect the enzymes shape? Temperature and pH
Many of the chemical reactions that occur in cells are catalyzed by what? Enzymes
What method does enzymes use with its substrate and active site? The lock-n-key method
Why should a substrate fit into the active site perfect? So that the functions will work properly
RNA polymerase is an enzyme that is essential to the process of what? Transcription
Molecules of mRNA are transcribed by what? RNA polymerases
Without enzymes catalyzing metabolic would reactions what would happen? Cells would not be able to perform metabolism quickly enough to support life
The enzyme catalyst assists the breakdown of what? Hydrogen peroxide into water and oxygen
Hydrogen peroxide is a catalases what? Substrate
A particular enzyme fits into its substrate like what? An adjacent puzzle piece
New protein molecules are synthesized based on what? The instructions coded in the mRNA
Substrates help what? Close the active site
Why are new proteins good? So your body will build and things can be transcripted
Enzymes helps what? Things work faster
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