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What are enzymes primarily responsible for?
What is the active region on an enzyme called?
What is a holoenzyme composed of?
What is the compound on which an enzyme acts called?
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What do enzymes form when a substrate binds to their active site?
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What is the term for the energy barrier that substrates need to overcome before a reaction will occur?
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Which type of cofactor are small organic molecules called?
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Which enzyme helps in the breakdown of lipids?
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Which type of specificity do enzymes exhibit when they act on a particular steric or optical isomer?
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What is the term for the model where the enzyme changes its shape for substrate binding?
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What are metal ions referred to when they are tightly bound as cofactors?
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Which type of specificity do enzymes exhibit when they act on molecules with specific functional groups?
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