5 Questions
What are the two basic components of the active site of enzymes?
Catalytic site and binding site
Which type of enzyme catalyzes a redox reaction?
Oxidoreductase
What effect do enzymes have on the activation energy of a reaction?
Reduce the activation energy
What is the function of enzymes in biological systems?
To speed up chemical reactions
What term describes enzymes' ability to react with only 1 or a few types of molecules (substrates)?
Substrate specificity
Learn about enzyme catalysis, including biological catalysts classification, enzyme-substrate interaction, factors affecting enzyme activity, regulation of enzyme activity, cofactors and coenzymes, and examples of enzyme catalytic reactions.
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