Enzyme Basics
These biological molecules speed up chemical reactions in living organisms.
Enzymes
This type of enzyme breaks down carbohydrates
Carbohydrases
What does optimum mean?
The term for the place on an enzyme where a substrate binds.
Active site
This type of enzyme breaks down lipids (fats and oils)
Lipases
What does specificity mean in relation to enzymes?
Only able to act on a particular (specific) substrate
Enzymes are made of these large biological molecules.
Proteins
This type of enzyme catalyses the breakdown of proteins to amino acids?
Protease
What is the active site?
The part of an enzyme molecule to which the substrate binds temporarily
The type of reaction that enzymes speed up.
Hint: Think of the 7 characteristics of life
Metabolic reactions (metabolism)
This type of enzyme catalyses the breakdown of starch to maltose.
Amylase
What does complementary mean with reference to enzymes?
With a perfect mirror-image shape
The name for the specific molecule that an enzyme acts on.
Substrate
This type of enzyme catalyses the breakdown of hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.
What is a product?
The new substance formed by a chemical reaction.