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Enzyme Basics |
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Enzyme Activity 1. What are enzymes? 2. How many different reactions can a single enzyme perform? 3. Are enzymes reusable? 4. What determines the function of an enzyme? 5. What is meant by (and causes) denaturing and how does it affect the function of an enzyme? Click on “Why Enzymes?” and click “Without Enzyme” and all the way through to “With Enzyme” 6. How can a simple enzyme help create double bonds to link molecules? Click on “Specificness” 7. Explain why specific enzymes can only help digest specific nutrients. Click on “Reusing Enzymes” 8. Explain how enzymes help form long chains of molecules. Click on “Denaturing” 9. What can cause an enzyme to be denatured? 10. Is the process of denaturing reversible? 11. What physical change actually happens to an enzyme? Answer the following questions –answers are NOT on the link provided. 12. Define the terms substrate and product. 13. What is a coenzyme? What are they made of? 14. What is an enzyme inhibitor? 15. In relation to enzymes, why is it said that inhibitors indirectly cause an organism’s death? Thought questions – answers are NOT on the link provided. 16. List 3 ways an enzyme is like a key. 17. How does changing the concentration of a substrate affect the rate of a reaction that uses enzymes? 18. What effect does changing the concentration of enzymes have on the rate of a reaction? |