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What are enzymes?
Proteinic molecules that speed up biological reactions
What is the compound on which an enzyme acts known as?
Substrate
What is a holoenzyme?
A complete, functional enzyme consisting of an apoenzyme and a cofactor
Where does the catalysis occur in enzymes?
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What does the activation energy represent?
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Which type of cofactors are small organic molecules?
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What is the most common type of cofactor?
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What is the main function of metal-activated enzymes?
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Which model of enzyme binding states that the active site is complementary in shape to the substrate and does not change at all?
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What type of specificity does the enzyme exhibit if it acts on a particular steric or optical isomer?
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