Enzymes Flashcards
What are enzymes?
A protein that speeds up chemical reactions
What are chemical reactions
Changing substance by breaking and forming bonds
Activation energy is …
The energy needed to start a chemical reaction
Reactents are
The substances change during a chemical reaction (goes in)
Products are …
The substrate made by a chemical reaction (comes out)
What do enzymes do
Speed up chemical reactions
Creates the right conditions for a reaction of occur
Enzymes
Will increase the rate of a reaction until the ______ is too high and dentures the enzymes
temperature
A ___ that is too low ot high will cause an enzyme to denture and no longer work
Ph level
_____ can bind to an enzyme and prevent the substrate for properly binding
Inhibitors
When environmental conditions cause the enzyme to lose its shape and no longer work
Denaturation
