Vocab 1
What are special proteins that act as catalysts-made up of amino acids-have unique shapes-works on a particular substrate?
What are enzymes?
What is the energy required to start a reaction?
What is activation energy?
What are the building blocks of proteins including enzymes?
What are amino acids?
What is the model called where the enzymes what substrates interact?
What is the Lock and Key?
What is the science that studies medicine and biology that deals with the immune system?
What is immunology?
What is the word that means damage?
What is denature?
What is the region on an enzyme where the substrate binds and the chemical reaction takes place?
What is an active site?
What is the pH level that helps the enzyme work its best?
What is the optimal pH level?
How is the Influenza transmitted?
What are through the nose, mouth, eyes and hands?
What does the word transient mean?
What is lasting for only a short time?
What breaks down proteins into amino acids-found in the stomach and intestines?
What is Protease?
What is a molecule that slows down or stops enzyme activity?
What is an inhibitor?
What is a substrate that speeds up a chemical reaction without being used up in the process?
What is a catalyst?
About how many people will die from the flu virus each year?
What is 50,000?
What conditions does pepsin, the enzyme in your stomach work best?
What is acidic conditions?
What is the specific molecule that an enzyme interacts with during a chemical reaction, fitting into the enzyme’s active site?
What is a substrate?
What word means to be likely influenced or harmed by something?
What is susceptible?
What is an enzyme that helps copy DNA during cell division?
What is DNA Polymerase?
What is the temperature that enzymes work best?
What is 98.6?
What are most of the symptoms of the flu caused by?
What is the immune response to the virus?
What are the forms when an enzyme binds to its substrate facilitating the chemical reaction?
What is enzyme-substrate complex?
What helps break down carbs into sugars-found in saliva?
What breaks down fats into fatty acids and glycerol-produced in the pancreas and works in small intestine?
What is Lipase?
What are three real-life applications of enzymes?
What are medicine, food industry, and laundry detergents?
What are the 4 factors affecting enzyme activity?
What are temperature, substrate concentrate, inhibitors, and pH levels?