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Enzymes

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What are substances that cause chemical reactions to occur faster? Enzymes
What are Enzymes? They are substances that cause chemical reactions to occur faster.
What kind of substance works by decreasing the amount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction? Enzymes
How do Enzymes work? Enzymes work by decreasing the amount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction.
Enzymes are also known as what? Catalyst
Because of the work by decreasing the amount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction enzymes are known as what? Catalyst
Why are enzymes known as catalyst? Because of decreasing the amount of energy needed to activate the chemical reaction.
Enzymes are consider what? Proteins
How are enzymes produced? Like other proteins, enzymes are produced by a cell’s ribosomes.
Ribosomes produce specific enzymes to act on specific substances, called what? Substrates
What are Substrates? They are specific enzymes that act on specific substances
Important for the synthesis of new molecules are what? Enzymes
Enzymes are important for the synthesis of what? New Molecules
The shape of an enzyme determines what? How it works?
How it works is determined by what? The shape
Most enzymes have a surface with one or more deep folds. The folds make pockets called what? Active Site
What are active site? Most enzymes have a surface with one or more deep folds. The folds make pockets, which are called active sites.
The active sites match folds in what? The substrate’s surface
The substrate's surfaces matches in what? The active site's folds
A substrate and it's active site are like what? Two adjacent puzzle pieces.
Two adjacent puzzle pieces are like what? A substrate and it's active site
An enzyme’s shape is key to how the enzyme what? Functions
Changes in what can affect the shape of an enzyme’s active sites? Temperature and pH
Temperature and pH can affect the enzymes what? Active sites
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