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Enzyme Quiz
18 cards·by jttibbs1
Most Enzymes are
organic catalysts
What are the functions of enzymes in bodily chemical reactions
They make reactions happen faster
What are the optimal conditions for enzyme function
Where they occur, human body tempature (98.6 F), pH can differ between parts of body
What are 3 environmental conditions that can affect enzyme performance?
temperature, pH, and substrate of concentration
What happens to enzymes that are exposed to non-optimal conditions?
It will not function as well
*What happens to enzymes that are exposed to too great a change in environmental conditions?
if change is too great, an enzyme can permanently lose shapeand function
Enzymes are specific. Explain.
enzymes only bond with a given range of chemical reactions.
Lock and Key Model
Enzymes are the lock, the substrate is the key hole
What are active sites
the key hole, has chemicals for enzyme to work
what are substrates
key/ starting material
what are products
what the substrates become after the reaction
explain how enzymes are reusable.
during the course of the chemical reaction, they are not permanently changed or destroyed
what are the two types of enzymatic reactions?
Ligation/synthesis reaction and reduction reaction
what is a litigation/ synthesis reaction
builds up substrates
what is a reduction reaction
breaks down substrates
what is induced fit
substrate determines final role of enzyme, enzyme is flexible
what was the enzyme in the catalase demonstration
catalase
what was the enzyme in the cheesemaking experiment
rennet