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enzymes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |