Lab 4

Question 1

What are the 3 different types of biochemical reactions?

Answer 1

1. Synthesis (joined to form products)
2. Decomposition (broken to form products)
3. Exchange (both joined and broken to form products)

Question 2

What are the properties of an enzyme?

Answer 2

1. Organic molecules
2. Catalyze
3. Substrate specific
4. Are not destroyed in reaction

Question 3

What is the Lock and Key Model?

Answer 3

An enzymes active site and substrate are complimentary to each other like a lock and key

Question 4

What is the substrate

Answer 4

The reactants

Question 5

What is the active site

Answer 5

The part of the enzyme where the substrate binds