Vocabulary
More about Enzymes
Purpose
Function
100

A biological catalyst found in living organisms that speeds up a chemical reaction.

enzyme

100

True or false. All proteins are enzymes

False - (but all enzymes are protein)

100

Where would you find the enzyme catalyse that speed up reaction?

cells

100
the substrate attaches to what
active site
200

The substances that an enzyme acts on

substrate

200

What does it mean to calalyze a reaction?

To speed up the reaction

200

What happen when an enzyme is denatured?

Enzyme will lose it shape. 

200
when the enzyme binds to the substrate, this if formed
enzyme-substrate complex
300

The area of the enzyme where the substrate attaches.

active site

300
enzymes have a very specific
shape
300
enzymes are ________ in the reaction
not used up or changed
300
what occurs when something is broken down and put together
a chemical reaction
400

To change the enzyme structure so it no longer functions

Denaturing

400
(True or False) - An enzyme is NOT changed during the reaction
True
400

What can high temperature do to the enzyme?

High temperature may denature the enzyme

400
what is changed and released
substrate and active site
500
a substances that increases the rate of the chemical reaction, by lowering the energy of activation.
catalyst
500

What is the lock and key theory?

substrate must exactly fit into the enzyme to be catalysed

500
Are you going to get an A or B or ?C this quarter.
YES!!
500
what remains unchanged at the end of a function
enzyme