2.4 Vocab Flashcards
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are proteins that act as biological catalysts
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Enzymes
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a process that changes, or
transforms, one set of chemicals into another by changing the chemical bonds that join atoms in compounds.
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Chemical Reaction
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a compound that speeds up the rate of a
chemical reaction.
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Catalyst
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the amount of energy
required to start a reaction
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Activation Energy
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The reactants of enzyme-catalyzed reactions are known as
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Substrates
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The substrates bind to a site on the enzyme called
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Active site
6
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a change in the three-dimensional shape of a protein
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denaturation
