Enzyme Terms 1 Flashcards
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What goes into a chemical reaction
Reactants
What comes out of a chemical reaction
Products
Enzymes can be
Recycled and reused many times
Molecules that speed up chemical reactions
Catalysts
Proteins which reduce activation energy allowing chemical reactions to occur in living things
Enzymes (Defined)
Where the chemical reaction starts
Active site
The fact that the active site
Can only accept one type of substrate is known as enzyme specifically.
Enzymes can only function at optimal
PH and temperature
Breaks down starch
Amylase
Breaks down Hydrogen peroxide H2O2
Catalase
Joins DNA nucleotides to build DNA
DNA polymarse
Unwinds the DNA molecule
Helicase
Breaks apart fats
Lipase
Break apart lactose - milk
Lactose
Breaks apart protein molecules
Protease
Is for breaking down enzymes or breaking apart can’t come back either so it remakes it.
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