Enzymes Vocab
Region where substrate binds
What is the active site?
The process of converting glucose to ATP energy
What is cellular respiration?
Glycolysis, Krebs cycle, and Electron transport chain
What are the stages of cellular respiration
Glucose, and water
A biological catalyst, protein
What is an enzyme?
The gooey substance that fills the cell
What is cytoplasm?
The first stage of cellular respiration
What is glycolysis
ATP, water, and CO2
A substance that speeds up a chemical reaction without being altered in the process
The organelle that is responsible for turning glucose to ATP
What is the mitochondria?
What is the krebs cycle
C6H12O6 +6 O2 ——>6 CO2+ 6 H2O+ ATP
What is the chemical equation for cellular respiration
The energy needed to start a chemical reaction
What is activation energy?
The enzyme needed for glycolysis
What is phosphofructokinase?
The third stage of cellular respiration
What is the electron transport chain
37 billion trillion
What is the number of chemical reactions that happen per second in the human body
Reactant that the enzyme acts on
What is the substrate?
Adenosine triphosphate
What is the meaning for ATP?
The enzyme that assists in the conversion of pyruvate to acetyl-CoA
What is pyruvate dehydrogenase?
Can break things down and build things