Enzymes Flashcards
What is true of enzymes?
- They are proteins
- They act as catalysts
- Each is specific to one particular reaction
- Their activity can be changed by the environment they are in.
Which is the part where the reaction occurs at?
The active site
Enzymes
would be found in prokaryotic cells
The advantage an enzyme brings to a reaction is that…
lowers the energy of activation of the reaction.
The reaction we worked with in lab, we could monitor the rate of reaction by observing…
The speed of production of brown colored quinone.
A student adds 1ml of catechol to 2ml of enzyme containing solution and finds that the reaction is finished after 2 minutes. If he does the experiment again using 3 ml of enzyme solution and 1 ml catechol, would the reaction finish quicker?
Can’t say
Discuss a way to alter the activity of an enzyme?
By adding heat to the enzyme it will alter the activity of an enzyme by inhibiting any reaction to take place.
