Biomolecules
Amino Acids
Enzymes
100

What are the 4 classes of biomolecules?

What are proteins, lipids, carbohydrates and nucleic acids?

100

How many amino acids are there?

What is 20?

100

What is a enzymes purpose?

What is speeding up a chemical reaction?

200

What type of bond is used to bond monomers together?

What is covalent bond?

200

What is a protein polymer called?

What is a polypeptide?

200

What is the molecule that binds to the active site called?

What is a substrate?

300

What do amino acid monomers create when joined together?

What is a protein polymer?

300

What is amino acids backbone?

What is Nitrogen-Carbon-Carbon?

300

What can cause a enzyme to stop working?

What is denaturation?

400

What type of reaction is used in order to join two monomers?

What is dehydration synthesis?

400

What type of group is non polar amino acids?

What is Hydrophobic?

400

When a enzyme catalyzes a reaction does it increase the energy or speed up the reaction by lowering the activation energy?

What is speeding up the reaction by lowering the activation energy?