BIO 12 UNIT 2: Study Notes
ENZYMES
KEY TERMINOLOGY
- Metabolism: Chemical reactions that occur in cells of living organisms that are crucial to their survival
- Enzymes: Proteins whose shape determines its function, coded for by DNA, produced at ribosome during Protein Synthesis (Transcription), catalyze chemical reactions without being consumed, work to decrease activation energy
- Activation Energy: The amount of energy that must be supplied to cause molecules to react with one another [Enzyme binding sites decrease A.E.]
- Substrate: "Reactants" of the chemical reaction (the entities that bind to active sites of apoenzymes to help create Enzyme Substrate Complex --> products)
- Coenzymes: A non-protein molecule that is beside the apoenzyme to complete the active site structure so that enzyme catalyzation can occur
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