4 - enzymes Flashcards

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what are enzymes

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they are biological catalysts in the body that help speed up reactions

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what is lock and key?

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basically the enzyme has an active site made only for the one specific substrate. this means that if the active site denatures in any way the enzyme will not work in the desired way

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what is induced-fit?

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induced fit is like lock and key, it’s just that the active site is more flexible in a sense and kinda squishes to the substate

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competitive inhibition

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competitive inhubititoon is just normal substrates competing for an active site.

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non-competitive inhibitors

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they don’t compete with other substrates and just bind to the allosteric site, which then changes the active site

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Define cofactor and coenzyme

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​Cofactor: Inorganicsubstaces that fit to the active site of an enzyme toactivate the enzyme

Coenzyme:Large organic substances that take part in an enzyme controlled reaction

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